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Graham Platner leads Susan Collins by 9 points in Maine Senate race
Collins has held her Senate seat for nearly three decades after taking office in 1997.
Platner, a Democratic populist running with backing from progressive figures including Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), has positioned himself as a fresh challenge to the longtime incumbent.
However, Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) has declined to support his campaign, citing controversy surrounding a tattoo he said resembled a Nazi symbol.
“As I said months ago, I find Platner’s Nazi tattoo and his commentary about it personally disqualifying,” Auchincloss wrote in a post on Monday. “If it were me, I’d vote for someone else in the Maine Democratic primary.”
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Platner has also faced criticism over resurfaced posts that included comments about sexual assault and alcohol consumption, which drew accusations of sexism after they reemerged last year.
The poll surveyed 1,397 Maine residents from Thursday through Monday and carries a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points.