Platner officially terminates Senate bid after bombshell rape allegation ends campaign

Graham Platner the embattled Democratic Senate nominee in Maine, on Friday publicly released the letter formally withdrawing from the U.S. Senate race, thanking supporters before signing off with, "F**k ICE. Free Palestine. Up the Hearts." Platner posted the July 10 letter on X after submitting it to the Maine Department of the Secretary of State's Division of Elections. "I write to formally withdraw my candidacy for United States Senate," Platner wrote. THE DOZEN RACES THAT WILL DETERMINE THE S