By Jay Fitzgerald – A blog about Boston, Hub of the Universe, and everything else.


The gift that keeps on giving: Graham Platner’s ‘latest scandal’

Is anyone going to ask Elizabeth Warren about this? The latest from the Graham Platner campaign, via the WSJ:

Days after Graham Platner announced his Maine Senate bid, his wife informed the campaign about a potential political problem she had previously discovered on the oyster farmer’s phone: sexually explicit texts with several women, according to people familiar with the matter.

Politico is confirming the “latest scandal.” … Re Warren et gang: They saw what they wanted to see in him.  … Maybe Jake Auchincloss’s critics will lay off him a bit following this ‘latest scandal’? Not likely. *

Update — 5.31.26 — From the NYT: “Cory Booker Has ‘Concerns’ About Platner Revelations in Maine Senate Race.”

Update II –– 5.31-26 — Via Dan Kennedy, from the Bangor Daily News: “Top Graham Platner adviser threatened former aide over sexting stories.”

Update III – 6.1.26 — But from the Free Press: “Why the Attacks on Graham Platner Don’t Work.”

Update IV — 6.2.26 – Gotta love the headline: “Graham Platner is a scumbag Mainers should vote for.”

Update V — 6.3.26 — From the Herald: “Gov. Healey backs controversial Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner.”

*Note: Yet the latest development, as of 6.5.26, via the NYT: “Several Women Who Dated Graham Platner Recall ‘Unsettling’ Behavior.”

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