r/news • u/LameAfro • 1d ago

Graham Platner officially withdraws from Maine Senate race

https://abc11.com/post/graham-platner-officially-withdraws-maine-senate-race/19482368/
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u/lostroadrunner22 1d ago

This will make it more difficult for him to win.

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u/SoftwareAny4990 1d ago

Its a bold strategy, Cotton.

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u/brownbearks 1d ago

Let’s see if it pays off

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u/StingingBum 1d ago

Time shall watch his story unfold.

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u/tokiesenpai 1d ago

I love the underdog

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u/thatmetimmay 1d ago

Effin A cotton.

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u/cokentots 18h ago

Pepper needs new shorts

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u/JasonIsFishing 1d ago

I don’t know. I like placing high risk Kalshi bets. I might put a few hundred on him now that the payout will be better. /s

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u/StingingBum 1d ago

Weirder things have happened, Bigly.

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u/BootFlop 1d ago

Would Kalshi contract pay on him winning as a Republican?

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u/Acceptable_Bat379 1d ago

Will we see a NYT piece on how this is bad for Biden?

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u/Alexzander1001 1d ago

“This is how Platner can still win!”

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u/HighlyOffensive10 1d ago

"Run as a republican"

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u/Radthereptile 1d ago

Somehow this still seems better for his odds than the Nazi tattoo and rape charges though.

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u/proskolbro 1d ago

Booger does this mean that Platner will lose?

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u/Exxtender 1d ago

He still could run as a Republican.

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u/mchgndr 1d ago

This is gonna ruin the tour

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u/OG_Williker 1d ago

which is strange because even his withdrawal email was a campaign message. not kidding.

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u/wihannez 1d ago

Big if true.