{"id":91891,"date":"2026-07-06T18:18:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T22:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/maine-democratic-party-demands-senate-nominee-withdraw-after-sexual-assault-allegations\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T18:18:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T22:18:02","slug":"maine-democratic-party-demands-senate-nominee-withdraw-after-sexual-assault-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/maine-democratic-party-demands-senate-nominee-withdraw-after-sexual-assault-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine Democratic Party Demands Senate Nominee Withdraw After Sexual Assault Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Maine’s Democratic Party is demanding that its own U.S. Senate nominee exit the race after a woman accused him of sexual assault, the party announced Monday.<\/p>

In an official statement, the party said that several women have recently made serious accusations against Graham Platner, and that the latest allegations go even further than those previously reported.<\/p>

“Over the past several weeks, multiple women have made serious, credible allegations against Graham Platner. Today’s statements take those allegations even further,” the party stated.<\/p>

Party leadership made its position clear: “Maine Democratic Party leadership is calling on Graham Platner to withdraw as the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate.”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maine’s Democratic Party is calling on its own U.S. Senate nominee, Graham Platner, to step aside following accusations of sexual assault. The party says multiple women have come forward with serious allegations over recent weeks. Party leadership issued a formal statement Monday demanding Platner exit the race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":91890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[833],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1783376282800.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-nU7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":78054,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/maine-senate-candidate-faces-democratic-party-concerns-over-personal-conduct\/","url_meta":{"origin":91891,"position":0},"title":"Maine Senate Candidate Faces Democratic Party Concerns Over Personal Conduct","author":"Admin","date":"June 7, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner maintains a commanding lead in Maine's primary polls despite fellow Democrats expressing unease about recent reports regarding his personal behavior. 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