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Aaron Joy discusses the upcoming 2026 Maine Senate race between Graham Platner and Susan Collins, predicting a win for Platner and analyzing the political landscape.

In 2026 one of the most contested elections in America, that the nation is watching, is career politician Susan Collins versus controversial Graham Platner. I believe Susan will lose and I tell why, as someone who lives in Maine. Live 6/4/2026. 0:00 – This election is about the decline/end of a career politician 1:46 – Liberals dominate Maine 4:22 – Susan Collins is the useless swamp 7:32 – Tired of career politicians | elected Trump in 2016 because he was an outsider non-politician 9:06 – Graham Platner is not a great candidate but is a fresh face 10:46 – Left vs Right worldview | Left forgives character flaws & just want to win | many people vote along party lines | Schumer met with Platner to make us think DNC cares about Platner's scandals to get middle of the road voters 15:14 – Right cares about character, forgiving of some problems due to human nature | Right cares about beliefs of candidates 18:08 – Not shocking that Susan Collins might lose as election reflects current society 20:10 – Graham Platner won't be replaced after primaries by Janet Mills as that will make Somalian fraud bigger & hurt politicians in other states 21:34 – Additional example of bad liberal…

People in this episode

Host: Aaron Joy

Topics covered

• Maine Senate race
• political commentary
• career politicians
• election analysis
• left vs right politics
• voter behavior

Keywords

• Graham Platner
• Susan Collins
• Maine
• 2026 election
• political commentary
• career politicians
• voter behavior
• left vs right

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Places: Maine

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