Graham Platner Officially Ends Senate Run on

All of you imply conservatives will not have Graham Platner to kick around anymore, as he is just formally dropped out of the Maine Senate race. He detailed his withdrawal in a letter dated Friday to Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (who, by the way in which, is operating to change him on the Democrat ticket), saying, “I write to formally withdraw my candidacy for United States Senate,” adding that “my name may have been on the ballot, but that ballot line belongs to the people of Maine.”

Platner was anticipated to make issues official on Monday, but opted for the age-old political tactic of dropping big news on a Friday afternoon (often performed in the hope that the story dies over the weekend). This man, judging from the caustic tone of his letter, desires to be remembered for a long time.

The official letter was posted to Platner’s marketing campaign X account at 4:41 p.m. ET.

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— Graham Platner for Senate (@grahamformaine) July 10, 2026

Here’s the whole lot of boorish has-been’s churlish exit:

On June ninth, 156,084 Mainers voted for a new sort of politics. One that is consultant of people down right here in the real world – not billionaires, oligarchs, or the political institution. Mainers voted for Medicare for All; to ban billionaires from shopping for elections; and for an end to taxpayer-funded genocide and endlessly wars. They voted for time and dignity; for strong unions and jobs they will raise households on; for the hope of shopping for a home; for the prospect to retire with grace.

People are determined for change. For this damaged system to be righted. For the American experiment to be furthered. Over the past eleven months, 1000’s and 1000’s of Mainers poured their hearts, time, and expertise into a motion to ship that imaginative and prescient. I can be endlessly grateful to them.

And in submitting this letter today, I search to additional the motion now we have constructed together and the future we imagine in.

My title might have been on the poll, but that poll line belongs to the people of Maine. As such, please think about this discover as my official withdrawal from consideration for this workplace.

F**okay ICE. Free Palestine. Up the Hearts.

Solidarity endlessly,

Graham Platner

Bellows’ workplace confirmed the receipt of Platner’s withdrawal letter in a Friday press release: “Because the candidate formally withdrew before 5 p.m. of the 2nd Monday in July (July 13, 2026), his title won’t seem on the poll, and his political occasion might change him.”

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Maine Democrats now have until July 27 to formally nominate a candidate to replace Platner on the ticket.

A handful of Democrats have launched bids: Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, former Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention Nirav Shah, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, Maine Beer Company co-founder Dan Kleban and former congressional candidate Jordan Wood, who served as chief of staff to former Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.).

The eventual nominee will take on incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), who is likely greatly enjoying the spectacle.

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— Senate Leadership Fund (@Senate_Fund) July 6, 2026

Editor’s Note: The 2026 Midterms will decide the destiny of President Trump’s America First agenda. Republicans must preserve control of both chambers of Congress.

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