Graham Platner homes in on Susan Collins’s financial disclosures after weekend playing defense over explicit texts

Published June 1, 2026 8:46am ET



Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is pointing fingers at incumbent Sen. Susan Collins’s (R-ME) stock assets as he seeks to shift voters’ eyes from another controversy plaguing his campaign this weekend.

News broke this weekend that Platner’s wife previously told his former political director she was aware of sexually explicit messages that Platner had sent to multiple women while they were married. But Platner is hoping to turn over a new leaf, shifting the focus to Collins with a new letter on her financial disclosures and her increase in wealth throughout her time in Congress.

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