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Marine veteran Graham Platner is projected to win the Democratic Senate nomination, setting up a critical race against Sen. Susan Collins.

Marine veteran Graham Platner will win the Democratic Senate nomination, CNN projects, setting up a showdown against five-term Republican Sen. Susan Collins, a race critical to Democrats’ chances of flipping four GOP-held seats and winning a majority. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Host: Laura Coates

Topics covered

• Maine
• Senate nomination
• Democratic Party
• Republican Party
• elections
• politics

Keywords

• Graham Platner
• Susan Collins
• Maine
• Senate
• Democratic nomination
• Republican
• elections

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Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Republican

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