How Graham Platner is using trivia games and happy hours to help power his Maine Senate campaign
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Democrat Graham Platner is attracting support for his Maine Senate campaign from voters willing to forgive his past transgressions and embrace his populist message
KITTERY, Maine -- There are lots of questions about Graham Platner, a first-time Democratic candidate running for U.S. Senate in Maine. Now they are also part of a trivia game.
“What was the nature of the controversy of Graham’s tattoo he received while in the Marines?” an emcee recently asked at a local community center.
The answer? “It was claimed to be a Neo-Nazi tattoo (totenkopf).”
This was not a new way of delivering opposition research, but an official campaign event for Platner's supporters. And it showed how the 41-year-old oyster farmer and military veteran has capitalized on voters' willingness to forgive past transgressions and embrace a populist message.
Platner is facing Gov. Janet Mills, 78, in the June 9 primary, with the winner taking on five-term Republican Sen. Susan Collins, 73, in a race that could help determine Senate control.
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