Sen. Chris Murphy says Platner ‘made mistakes’ after explicit texts revealed

Published May 31, 2026 2:34pm ET | Updated May 31, 2026 3:09pm ET



Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) on Sunday said Democratic candidate in Maine’s Senate race Graham Platner “made mistakes” after reports that his wife found sexually explicit texts with several women on his phone and brought it to his campaign’s attention. 

Speaking with CBS News’s Face the Nation, Murphy was asked if Platner passed the “character test” after his campaign confirmed Platner’s wife, Amy Gertner, told the campaign’s then-political director Genevieve McDonald about her husband’s extramarital engagements. 

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