Platner to frame overtly negative campaign against Collins
Key Points:
- Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) plans to deliver a speech Tuesday night when accepting the Democratic nomination.
- Platner intends to frame the election as a referendum on President Trump.
- His campaign against incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is expected to be bitterly negative.
- Platner aims to weaken Collins’ support among independents and Democrats.