Graham Platner formally withdraws from Maine Senate race

Graham Platner, the oyster farmer who won the Democratic nomination for Maine‘s Senate seat, formally withdrew from the race on Friday following allegations of sexual assault. Platner’s campaign imploded after allegations that he sexuall…
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