US Senate, ME
Graham Platner
Graham Platner is one of two climate champions running in the Democratic primary for the toss up Senate seat in Maine.
ON THE ISSUES
- Committed to bold climate action
- Will work to strengthen protections and fight for clean air and water
WHY THIS RACE MATTERS
- Toss up Senate race in Maine
- Climate champion Janet Mills is also running in the Democratic primary
- Flipping this critical seat will help take back a pro-environment, pro-democracy majority in the Senate so we can make further federal climate progress
CANDIDATE BACKGROUND
Graham Platner is running to represent Maine in the U.S. Senate. He is a Marine and U.S. Army veteran, oyster farmer, and chair of the Sullivan Planning Board. In 2018, he started working on his friend’s small oyster farm in his hometown of Sullivan where he eventually took over the oyster farm and built it into a business that produces high quality oysters. Graham Platner began a diving and mooring service to help out around the bay, and serves the town of Sullivan as Harbormaster and Planning Board Chair.
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