Maine reporter Alex Seitz-Wald says Janet Mills ran such a bad campaign that Graham Platner was almost destined to win.

Maine reporter Alex-Seitz Wald says Governor Janet Mills ran a terrible campaign that ensured Graham Platner’s likely Democratic primary victory in Maine.

With Governor Janet Mills dropping out of the Senate primary, we’ll now see if a progressive outsider can defeat a moderate Republican incumbent in a swing state.

Mills has trailed behind Graham Platner in the polls—and apparently also in fundraising.

Some are left, some aren’t. But what they have in common is that they are ready to rumble. It’s the Democratic Tea Party, with a twist.

Having weathered last fall’s scandals, the oyster farmer is in a strong position against Governor Janet Mills as Maine’s Democratic Senate primary begins in earnest.

Well, maybe not exactly like him.

The Democratic Senate candidate is responding to the backlash over his “Totenkopf” tattoo.

The Maine Senate candidate claimed he had no clue what his tattoo symbolized.

All things being equal, sure, Democrats ought to lean toward younger candidates. But there are many times when all things aren’t equal.

Governor Janet Mills U.S. Senate run against Graham Platner will pit the Democrats’ establishment wing against the insurgent bloc, says Maine journalist Alex Seitz-Wald.

Governor Janet Mills’s U.S. Senate run against Graham Platner will pit the Democrats’ establishment wing against the insurgent bloc, says Maine journalist Alex Seitz-Wald.

In the American political lexicon, whites are “working-class” and people of color are “poor.” The Maine Democratic candidate for Senate knows otherwise.

Graham Platner’s campaign launch has been a sudden sensation. But what he’s building now is rooted in the work of a lifetime.