About this episode

The episode discusses the Maine Senate race between Graham Platner and Susan Collins, focusing on Platner's controversies and chances of winning.

Democratic voters nominate Platner, the progressive oyster farmer, despite a string of news stories about personal scandals, including a Nazi-linked tattoo and rough treatment of a former girlfriend. Is he too unappealing and too far left to beat Sen. Susan Collins? Or could he still drop out before the November election? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Paul Gigot

Topics covered

• Maine Senate race
• political candidates
• progressive politics
• personal scandals
• election dynamics

Keywords

• Maine
• Senate race
• Graham Platner
• Susan Collins
• politics
• election
• scandals

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