{"id":359926,"date":"2026-07-10T04:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T03:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/platner-scandal-why-democrats-need-to-win-in-maine-to-take-control-of-the-senate-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T04:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T03:00:21","slug":"platner-scandal-why-democrats-need-to-win-in-maine-to-take-control-of-the-senate-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/platner-scandal-why-democrats-need-to-win-in-maine-to-take-control-of-the-senate-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Platner scandal: Why Democrats need to win in Maine to take control of the Senate | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/9sxarn8O_mY\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Platner scandal: Why Democrats need to win in Maine to take control of the Senate | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9sxarn8O_mY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for Senate in the US state of Maine, has ended his campaign after sexual assault allegations surfaced, which he denies. Platner, an oyster farmer embraced by many progressive voters as a fresh voice, had been seen as having good chances of beating Republican incumbent Susan Collins as part of Democrats&#8217; hopes of flipping control of the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Chapter breakdown<br \/>\n0:00 Anti-war candidate Graham Platner accused of sexual assault<br \/>\n1:20 Graham Platner video denying accusations of sexual assault<br \/>\n1:37 Andra Gillespie, Political Science Professor at Emory University<br \/>\n2:31 Why losing support of Bernie Sanders was fatal for Platner\u2019s campaign<br \/>\n3:55 Andra Gillespie explains \u201csnowball effect\u201d of why Platner had to withdraw<br \/>\n5:24 What was Platner accused of by Jenniy Racicot?<br \/>\n6:45 Grassroot base support for Platner against Janet Mills<br \/>\n7:45 Gillespie asks \u201cIs change for change\u2019s sake good enough here\u201d<br \/>\n8:36 New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani says it is &quot;time for Platner to drop out&quot;<br \/>\n10:24 Did Democrats wait too long before properly vetting Platner?<br \/>\n12:35 Voters in Portland Maine react to allegations of sexual assault against Graham Platner<br \/>\n13:23 Democrats in Maine have till July 27th to select Platner&#8217;s replacement<br \/>\n14:40 Are there parallels between the process to replace Platner and Kamala replacing Biden without a primary?<br \/>\n16:07 Why it won&#8217;t be a regular Democratic primary to replace Platner&#8217;s candidacy<br \/>\n17:30 Effect of Platner&#8217;s scandal on other Democratic races and the midterms<\/p>\n<p>#dwnews #democraticpartycoup<\/p>\n<p>#dwnews<br \/>\nFor more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for Senate in the US state of Maine, has ended his campaign after sexual assault allegations surfaced, which he denies. Platner, an oyster farmer embraced by many progressive voters as a fresh voice, had been seen as having good chances of beating Republican incumbent Susan Collins as part of Democrats&#8217; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":359927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-359926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Platner scandal: Why Democrats need to win in Maine to take control of the Senate | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Platner scandal: Why Democrats need to win in Maine to take control of the Senate | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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