#DemocraticParty Leaders Wanted to Control the #Maine Senate Race. Their Pick Just Dropped Out.

#JanetMills dropped out of the Senate race against #GrahamPlatner, despite the establishment’s longtime support for the Maine governor.

by Akela Lacy, April 30 2026

Excerpt: "Mills’s exit less than six weeks before the June primary clears the path for populist candidate Graham Platner, now the presumed nominee, to face off against incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins in the November general election after the party worked to subdue Platner’s campaign. The Democratic Party’s decision to wade into the primary at all had reignited a criticism that the Democratic establishment would stop at nothing to keep progressives out of Congress.

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"The upset marks 'a massive embarrassment for #ChuckSchumer and #DSCC operatives,' a Democratic strategist told The Intercept, speaking on the condition of anonymity for fear of professional reprisal. 'This was their star recruit and she couldn’t even make it to the election. No longer can they be the gatekeepers.' "

Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/04/30/maine-janet-mills-graham-platner-senate/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/pV6Go

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#MaineDems to Vote on Condemning #DCCC Interference in House Primary

National #Democrats put their weight behind a candidate in Maine’s hotly contested House race just weeks before the primary. Locals are pissed.

by Noah Hurowitz, May 7 2026

" 'The fact that the national #DemocraticParty would come in and try to decide this primary literally weeks before we vote is just another example of how broken our Democratic leadership is,' [Jordan Wood] said."

Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/05/07/maine-dccc-condemn-democrats-dunlap-baldacci-wood/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/o3lui

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