Graham Platner, whose contest in Maine is a key to Democrats’ hopes of winning the Senate, sought to discredit reports that he had exchanged sexual messages with women outside his marriage.

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The wife of Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate in Maine, told the campaign he had sent sexual messages to other women.

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The debate over whether Graham Platner is “working class” comes at a time when more and more people are at risk of falling into it.

Many Gen Z men who voted for Donald Trump are dismayed by his time in office. But they say they are not hearing an appealing pitch from Democrats, either.

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