State Party Wants Platner to Have 'No Role' in Picking Replacement

(TPM - The Brief) "In the hours after multiple outlets published stories on Jenny Racicot’s allegation that Graham Platner had raped her in 2021, we saw a lot of predictions that he would swiftly step aside. That has not come to pass. His team, according to the state party, is trying to assert some influence over who replaces him — using leverage that his presence on the ballot continues to create, but that many Democrats say he has no right to exercise."

“ 'Unfortunately, Graham Platner’s team has repeatedly reached out to us in an attempt to put their thumb on the scale of what this process looks like,' Devon Murphy-Anderson, the executive director of the Maine Democratic Party, said in a video posted Tuesday evening. She said Platner would have 'no role' in picking his replacement."

"Platner’s team denied trying to put a 'thumb on the scale.' "

"There is an irony here that Democrats are trying to navigate delicately: attempts by both Platner’s team and the party to simply choose a replacement could backfire, taking away voters’ ability to pick who they vote for in a critical race for Senate control this November."

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