Control of the Senate Could Be Decided in Maine. This Oyster Farmer Is Vying to Unseat Susan Collins. – Mother Jones

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Control of the Senate Could Be Decided in Maine. This Oyster Farmer Is Vying to Unseat Susan Collins.

Graham Platner, a 40-year-old oyster farmer from Sullivan, Maine (pop. 1,219), announced a bid for the seat of incumbent GOP Sen. Susan Collins on Tuesday. A Marine and Army veteran who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan, Platner says he’s running his Democratic campaign on a message of economic populism. His goal, he says, is … Continue reading Control of the Senate Could Be Decided in Maine. This Oyster Farmer Is Vying to Unseat Susan Collins.