Platner's Texts With Women Concerned Campaign as Senate Race Took Off

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Platner's Texts With Women Concerned Campaign as Senate Race Took Off

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Platner's Texts With Women Concerned Campaign as Senate Race Took Off
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The wife of Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate in Maine, told the campaign he had sent sexual messages to other women. Graham Platner's insurgent bid for Senate in Maine was gathering steam last summer when his campaign was confronted with some potentially explosive information. Mr. Platner's wife, Amy Gertner, told a senior campaign aide that he had been exchanging sexual messages with multiple other women.

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