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fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks agoAfter Two Wars and PTSD, He Became an Oyster Farmer. Why is He Running for Senate?
Graham Platner, a war veteran and oyster farmer, is running as a Democratic primary candidate to challenge Senator Susan Collins despite facing scrutiny over past Reddit comments and a tattoo controversy.
fromThe New Yorker
5 months agoCan a Maine Oyster Farmer Defeat a Five-Term Republican Senator?
Across the bay from Bar Harbor lies the small town of Sullivan, Maine, population twelve hundred and nineteen. On August 16th, Graham Platner, the bearded, strawberry-blond co-owner of the Waukeag Neck Oyster Company, brought his Carolina Skiff over to the Sullivan Harbor launch. It was three days before a video titled "Platner for U.S. Senate" would drop, catapulting this local oyster farmer, harbormaster, and former marine onto the national stage.
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fromBoston.com
6 months agoIn Maine, a political novice makes a long-shot bid to oust Collins
"Running establishment candidates who are chosen or supported by the powers that be in D.C. - in Maine specifically - has been a total failure, certainly in attempts to unseat Susan Collins. It is time for us to try something new."
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fromNew York Post
10 months agoSeniors could get a tax break in this state - at younger people's expense
"We have an aging population, and a lot of people on lower income in that age range, and it's just an incredibly unfair burden to put on them," House Minority Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham (R-Winter Harbor) told WGME.
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