{"id":2728,"date":"2026-07-10T02:20:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=2728"},"modified":"2026-07-10T02:20:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:20:05","slug":"graham-platner-wont-formally-withdraw-until-deadline-rprt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=2728","title":{"rendered":"Graham Platner Won&#8217;t Formally Withdraw Until Deadline: Rprt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<div id=\"attachment_5740271\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5740271\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5740271\" src=\"https:\/\/am12.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26144834614123-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"Graham platner at a podium with an american flag behind him. the podium has &quot;fight oligarchy&quot; onit\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26144834614123-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26144834614123-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26144834614123-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26144834614123-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26144834614123-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26144834614123-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5740271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert F. Bukaty\/AP Photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Maine Democratic candidate <strong>Graham Platner<\/strong> has not formally filed his withdrawal with the state\u2019s Secretary of State \u2014 and is reportedly waiting until the drop-dead deadline to do so.<\/p>\n<p>In a video posted to social media on Wednesday evening, Platner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/breaking-graham-platner-posts-video-saying-hes-suspending-campaign-operations-insists-accusations-are-all-false\/\">announced<\/a> the suspension of his campaign, though he vehemently maintained his innocence against the \u201call false\u201d sexual assault allegations that have been made against him. Platner said he intends to file paperwork to formalize his withdrawal but did not specify a timeline.<\/p>\n<p>The accusations include a harrowing account by\u00a0<strong>Jenny Racicot<\/strong>, a 41-year-old Maine resident who had an on-again, off-again relationship with Platner for two years. She told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/07\/06\/graham-platner-sexual-assault-allegation-00987737\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politico<\/a><\/em> that Platner entered her home in late 2021, uninvited, while \u201cdeeply intoxicated\u201d and \u201cforced himself on her while she repeatedly told him to stop.\u201d After the assault, she said she cut ties with him and informed him \u201cthe encounter was not consensual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/5961464-platner-maine-senate-withdraw-monday\/\"><em>The Hill<\/em><\/a>, an unnamed source alleges Platner privately told staff that he\u2019ll file the formal paperwork to drop out of the Senate race on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline, under Maine law, by which he must formally exit the race is 5 p.m. ET on Monday, July 13. Platner\u2019s delay is likely to cause increased angst among Maine Democrats as the deadline is in place to allow the party to select a new nominee by July 27.<\/p>\n<p>The highly contested race could determine control of the Senate as Maine Democrats strive to unseat Sen. <strong>Susan Collins\u00a0<\/strong>(R).<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the party announced it will hold a \u201cnominating convention\u201d to name a replacement candidate and said \u201cthat Platner will not have a role,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/platner-suspends-maine-senate-race-democrat-susan-collins\/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&amp;linkId=977849046\">CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>NBC News\u2019\u00a0<strong>Frank Thorp V<\/strong> took to X on Thursday morning to report that Platner had not yet filed his withdrawal with Maine\u2019s Secretary of State.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"43dae2bee785de88aca284d2535c531e\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#8217;m told no official withdrawal notice has been received from Graham Platner. <\/p>\n<p>He needs to formally withdraw to the Maine elections office in writing with a signature.<\/p>\n<p>Deadline is 5pm on Monday, July 13th.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/frankthorp\/status\/2075220107974848552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Maine\u2019s Secretary of State\u00a0<strong>Shenna Bellows<\/strong> announced her candidacy for U.S. Senate in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/shennabellows\/status\/2075283998318723087\/photo\/1\">post<\/a> to X on Thursday, writing:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The people of Maine have been building a movement that deserves to continue all the way to November when we beat Susan Collins. After serious consideration, I am announcing my campaign for United States Senate, because I believe that together we can unify Democrats in Maine at this difficult time, and forge ahead with a campaign that fights for working people, stands up for a broken system that\u2019s working against us, and defeats Susan Collins.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>New: The Mediaite One-Sheet &#8220;Newsletter of Newsletters&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe now!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert F. Bukaty\/AP Photo Former Maine Democratic candidate Graham Platner has not formally filed his withdrawal with the state\u2019s Secretary of State \u2014 and is reportedly waiting until the drop-dead deadline to do so. In a video posted to social media on Wednesday evening, Platner announced the suspension of his campaign, though he vehemently maintained&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26144834614123-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsweek-trending"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}