Julia Conley
Aug 19, 2025

Launching a US Senate run to unseat five-term Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins, oyster farmer Graham Platner on Tuesday made clear in his inaugural ad that beating the “fake” moderate also means taking on the power-hungry billionaire class that has helped keep her in power all these years.

The enemy that the vast majority of Americans and Mainers have in common, said Platner, “is the oligarchy.”

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        12 hours ago

        Over 500 people people have campaigned on this, and won.

        You assume this person is making a difference. I ask, how do you know?