{"id":908,"date":"2026-07-06T23:40:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T23:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=908"},"modified":"2026-07-06T23:40:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T23:40:24","slug":"graham-platner-weighs-the-future-of-his-campaign-after-new-allegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=908","title":{"rendered":"Graham Platner Weighs the Future of His Campaign After New Allegation"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n

Graham Platner raised the possibility of dropping his Senate bid in Maine after Politico on Monday reported allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman in 2021.<\/p>\n

Read more Top Democratic Leaders Call for Platner to Withdraw from Senate Race<\/a><\/p>\n

Platner denied the allegations, which are the latest in a string of controversies facing the Democratic candidate in one of the country\u2019s most competitive Senate races.<\/p>\n

\u201cRegardless of the inaccuracy of the reporting, but mindful of the political reality it will inflict, we are taking the time to reflect on the best path forward for the state that I love, the people that I love, the movement I belong to, and the goal of defeating Susan Collins,\u201d Platner said in a video Monday<\/u><\/span>, in reference to the senator he\u2019s running against.<\/p>\n

The woman, Jenny Racicot, previously dated Platner and told Politico<\/u><\/span> that he forced her to have sex with him nearly five years ago.<\/p>\n

Racicot, who was quoted in a New York Times article<\/u><\/span> last month about Platner\u2019s alleged intimidating behavior toward women, told Politico that Platner drunkenly entered her home without an invitation in 2021 and forced himself onto her after she told him not to.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember him grabbing my pelvis and being really forceful of me,\u201d she told Politico. \u201cI remember the specific moment where I thought to myself, like, \u2018This is no longer my choice.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Politico reported that Racicot decided to share her account in part because the response to The New York Times\u2019 story centered on another woman\u2019s account and her ties to Republican politics.<\/p>\n

Read more U.S. to Resume Troop Deployment to Poland, Polish Defense Minister Says<\/a><\/p>\n

In response to a request for comment from NOTUS, the Platner campaign sent the same statements it had made to Politico in response to its reporting.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese allegations are troubling, serious, and false,\u201d Platner said in the statement. \u201cAny accusation of non-consensual behavior is categorically untrue.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThese allegations are very serious and Graham vigorously denies them,\u201d his campaign said. \u201cThey are also coached and coordinated by out of state establishment operatives. For a year, opponents of this campaign have thrown everything they can at Graham \u2013\u2013 calling him a Nazi, a war criminal, and a communist. None of it has been true and this is no different.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not a coincidence that this story comes a week before the ballot deadline, just as the previous false allegations came a week before the primary,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cGraham began this campaign to fight for a Maine where everyone is treated with dignity and where Mainers are put first, and no amount of desperate smears will stop this movement from seeing that vision through.\u201d<\/p>\n

Platner in June cruised to the Democratic nomination<\/u><\/span> in Maine on a populist campaign. By then, however, he had already had to answer for a number of revelations that included a fraught social media history and a tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol. Many Democrats were concerned about that baggage, given how critical picking up the Maine seat is in their efforts to win back the Senate.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the Politico article dropping Monday, the Platner campaign postponed a string of campaign events. They included a town hall in Augusta, Maine, on Sunday, and a town hall with the Gorham Democrats on Monday, while a previously scheduled town hall in Sanford was unlisted on his campaign event website, the Bangor Daily News reported<\/u><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Read more White House Accuses Smithsonian of Anti-White Bias and \u2018Extreme\u2019 Activism in Report<\/a><\/p>\n

Maine\u2019s deadline for candidates withdrawing from the ballot is July 13.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Senate candidate in Maine made his announcement after Politico published a woman’s allegations that he sexually assaulted her. Platner denied the accusation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2026-election"],"yoast_head":"\nGraham Platner Weighs the Future of His Campaign After New Allegation - Modern Home Journals<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=908\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Graham Platner Weighs the Future of His Campaign After New Allegation - Modern Home Journals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Senate candidate in Maine made his announcement after Politico published a woman's allegations that he sexually assaulted her. Platner denied the accusation.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=908\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Modern Home Journals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-06T23:40:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=908#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=908\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/533de239efc09a2ab59959cc1bff86d0\"},\"headline\":\"Graham Platner Weighs the Future of His Campaign After New Allegation\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-06T23:40:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=908\"},\"wordCount\":605,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=908#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/40354c90f9103f642a54326afbed17ac-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"2026 Election\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=908#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=908\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=908\",\"name\":\"Graham Platner Weighs the Future of His Campaign After New Allegation - Modern Home Journals\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=908#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=908#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/40354c90f9103f642a54326afbed17ac-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-06T23:40:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/533de239efc09a2ab59959cc1bff86d0\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=908#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=908\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=908#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/40354c90f9103f642a54326afbed17ac-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/40354c90f9103f642a54326afbed17ac-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1737,\"caption\":\"Democratic candidate Graham Platner addresses those gathered at town hall meeting at the Phippsburg elementary school on May 27, 2026.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=908#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Graham Platner Weighs the Future of His Campaign After New Allegation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Modern Home Journals\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/533de239efc09a2ab59959cc1bff86d0\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Graham Platner Weighs the Future of His Campaign After New Allegation - Modern Home Journals","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=908","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Graham Platner Weighs the Future of His Campaign After New Allegation - Modern Home Journals","og_description":"The Senate candidate in Maine made his announcement after Politico published a woman's allegations that he sexually assaulted her. Platner denied the accusation.","og_url":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=908","og_site_name":"Modern Home Journals","article_published_time":"2026-07-06T23:40:24+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=908#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=908"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/#\/schema\/person\/533de239efc09a2ab59959cc1bff86d0"},"headline":"Graham Platner Weighs the Future of His Campaign After New Allegation","datePublished":"2026-07-06T23:40:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=908"},"wordCount":605,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=908#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/40354c90f9103f642a54326afbed17ac-scaled.jpg","articleSection":["2026 Election"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=908#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=908","url":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=908","name":"Graham Platner Weighs the Future of His Campaign After New Allegation - Modern Home Journals","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=908#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=908#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/40354c90f9103f642a54326afbed17ac-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2026-07-06T23:40:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/#\/schema\/person\/533de239efc09a2ab59959cc1bff86d0"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=908#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=908"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=908#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/40354c90f9103f642a54326afbed17ac-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/40354c90f9103f642a54326afbed17ac-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1737,"caption":"Democratic candidate Graham Platner addresses those gathered at town hall meeting at the Phippsburg elementary school on May 27, 2026."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=908#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Graham Platner Weighs the Future of His Campaign After New Allegation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/","name":"Modern Home Journals","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/#\/schema\/person\/533de239efc09a2ab59959cc1bff86d0","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/modernhomejournals.com"],"url":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}