Scandal-plagued Graham Platner drops Maine Senate bid

A late June memo also showed Platner’s campaign was battling an onslaught of outside GOP spending, while polling showed Platner and Collins neck-and-neck four months out from the election.

Collins’s seat is one of just four that Cook Political Report considers midterm toss-ups, along with contests in Ohio, Michigan and Alaska.

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