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Graham Platner sent explicit texts to other women during marriage, wife confirms
Amy Gertner, wife of Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, says she is ‘hurt’ ex-political director exposed texts Senate hopeful Graham Platner of Maine exchanged sexually explicit texts with other women during his marriage, according to information his wife shared with his campaign last year, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal reported. Platner, an oyster farmer and former US marine, is Maine’s presumptive Democratic nominee for the US Senate after his main competitor, Janet Mills, suspended her campaign last month . He’s vying to unseat five-term Republican senator Susan Collins in a campaign that’s captured viral progressive attention , while also facing controversy related to dredged-up racist, sexist and homophobic online posts – and a now-covered-up tattoo of a Totenkopf, widely recognized as a Nazi symbol. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Graham Platner sent explicit texts to other women during marriage, wife confirms, Amy Gertner, wife of Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, says she is ‘hurt’ ex-political director exposed texts Senate hopeful Graham Platner of Maine exchanged sexually explicit texts with other women during his marriage, according to information his wife shared with his campaign last year, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal reported. Platner, an oyster farmer and former US marine, is Maine’s presumptive Democratic nominee for the US Senate after his main competitor, Janet Mills, suspended her campaign last month . He’s vying to unseat five-term Republican senator Susan Collins in a campaign that’s captured viral progressive attention , while also facing controversy related to dredged-up racist, sexist and homophobic online posts – and a now-covered-up tattoo of a Totenkopf, widely recognized as a Nazi symbol. Continue reading…
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- Graham Platner sent explicit texts to other women during marriage, wife confirmsThe Guardian - 2026-05-30T22:49:07+00:00
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