One lesson of the Democratic Senate primary in Maine is that no one should underestimate the white-hot fury of the party’s voters. In October, Graham Platner’s insurgent campaign appeared doomed. Janet Mills, Maine’s Democratic governor, had just entered the Senate primary race, reportedly at the urging of Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader. Then a…
Janet Mills, the 78-year-old two-term Democratic governor from Maine, did not want to run for Senate. But Senator Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat and minority leader, was dead set on her as his top recruit in a long-shot nationwide strategy for winning control of the Senate next year, long before there was any other…
Gov. Janet Mills of Maine, the Democratic establishment’s choice to run for the Senate seat long held by Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, suspended her campaign on Thursday, saying she no longer had the financial resources to compete against Graham Platner, a progressive political newcomer. Her exit paves the way for Mr. Platner, an oysterman…
