Graham Platner gets more primary votes than any other Democratic Senate candidate in Maine history
New Hampshire Public Radio • • nation
Key Points:
- Graham Platner has received over 150,000 primary votes, the highest number ever for a Democratic U.S. Senate candidate in Maine since popular elections began in 1918.
- His vote total surpasses the combined votes of all eight Republican gubernatorial candidates, with GOP primary turnout at its highest since 2010.
- Early absentee ballot data indicates that Platner benefited from Maine's semi-open primary system, which allows unenrolled voters to participate, as 75% of over 18,000 unenrolled absentee voters chose the Democratic primary.
- Platner, a combat veteran and oyster farmer, has leveraged broad voter engagement in this election cycle.