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And it's not a good look, except perhaps if you're a republican. But Platner is a democrat. When Maine Gov. Janet Mills dropped out of the Senate primary in April, Platner became the presumptive Democratic nominee. I guess we'll soon see if these scandals force the dems to "eat their own" again, or if they hold their noses and continue to support Platner "for the good of the party".

Platner's campaign confirms he sent sexual texts to women while married

Amy Gertner, Platner’s wife, accused a former friend of spreading "malicious gossip" as a report on alleged infidelity emerges.

By Gregory Svirnovskiy
05/30/2026 07:22 PM EDT

Graham Platner exchanged sexually explicit texts with multiple women while married to his wife, Amy Gertner, his campaign confirmed to POLITICO on Saturday, the latest scandal he has faced since launching his Maine Senate campaign last year.

In a statement, Gertner slammed a former friend for spreading “malicious gossip” in the wake of a Wall Street Journal report that she had informed her husband’s campaign of the texts in late August.

“I confided deeply personal details about my marriage to someone I considered a friend,” she said. “In the months since, I have had to watch as she spread malicious gossip to anyone who would take her call. I trusted this person with the most private chapter of our lives — the early days of our marriage before any campaign was on our mind — and I am deeply hurt by her betrayal and the invasion of our privacy.”

While Gertner did not name the friend in question, Genevieve McDonald, a former senior campaign staffer who shared a screenshot of her texts with Gertner with The New York Times, responded by telling POLITICO that “the Platner campaign confirmed these events occurred.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/30/platners-...

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