Democratic Maine Senate Candidate Graham Platner has canceled three campaign events this week, with no clear specification as to why his team chose to forgo the town halls.
Platner had scheduled three town halls for Sunday and Monday night in Augusta, Gorham, and Sanford, Maine, however, all three events have been removed from the event website Mobilize. In place of what would have been the virtual flyer for the event on the website, a notification pops up reading, “This event is no longer available. Take a look at the feed below to find other opportunities!”
The Washington Examiner has reached out to the Platner campaign for comment on why the three campaign events were canceled.
The Gorham Democrats posted on Facebook that Platner’s event in the town was postponed because he was “not feeling well.”
“From my understanding, he is not feeling well, so that’s all it is. It is a postpone, he will be back in Gorham,” the event organizer said in the Facebook video.
However, several unverified reports on X have suggested that Platner could be facing new opposition research reports set to drop this week on his candidacy. The National Republican Senatorial Committee released a statement in response to these reports about a possible news scandal on X.
“Graham Platner no-showed Fourth of July celebrations across Maine. Now, he’s cancelling everything else. We wouldn’t want to be seen in public either …” the NRSC said in a statement.
Platner has remained steadfast in his candidacy despite numerous past scandals that have come to light throughout his campaign. The leftist populist candidate won the Democratic nomination for the seat in light of his having to address his now-covered-up skull tattoo resembling Nazi SS imagery, previous controversial social media posts he has made, and allegations of concerning behavior he has reportedly displayed in past romantic relationships.
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Through each scandal, Platner has largely maintained a lead in the polls in his race against incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), relying on his populist message to carry him through. However, a new Fox News-sponsored poll released June 30 had Collins leading Platner by 3 percentage points, marking the first poll in months that had Collins above water.
As the race stands now, Platner will take on Collins in the November general election. Collins, who has been in the Senate for nearly three decades, won her last election by over an 8 percentage point margin against Democrat Sara Gideon.