Following Chuck Schumer’s orchestrated effort to take out progressive favorite Graham Platner, Maine Democrats are now navigating an unprecedented, messy, crowded nominating process.
The long line up of losers ready to take on Platner’s “values and vision” is filled with candidates Mainers have already rejected:
- Troy Jackson — Fresh off a third-place finish in the Democrat primary to be Maine’s Governor just weeks ago.
- Shenna Bellows — Crushed by Senator Collins by nearly 40 points in 2014 before getting rejected yet again with a fourth-place primary finish just weeks ago.
- Nirav Shah — Couldn’t close the deal a few weeks ago, finishing as the runner-up in the Democrat primary for Governor.
- Jordan Wood — Bailed on a two-month Senate run only to jump into the 2nd District House race — where voters promptly handed him another loss just weeks ago.
- Dan Kleban — Folded his Senate campaign after two months at the request of DC Democrats to make way for Janet Mills, only to watch her lose to Nazi rapist Graham Platner.
- Valli Geiger — Manufactured a fake endorsement from Platner and got called out for it.
“Susan Collins has defeated every DC-anointed candidate Chuck Schumer has sent her way, and she’ll defeat whichever loser comes out of this process as well,” said NRSC Regional Press Secretary Samatha Cantrell.
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