August 4, 2026

14 thoughts on “Maine Democratic Party accuses Platner’s team of attempting to ‘put their thumb on the scale’ to select new nominee – live

  1. Reading that state senator Joe Baldacci, who lost the Democratic primary for Maine’s second congressional district, blasted Platner for attempting to influence the selection of his replacement — hard to argue with the logic there.

  2. In other words state senator Joe Baldacci, who lost the Democratic primary for Maine’s second congressional district, blasted Platner for attempting to influence the selection of his replacement. Curious to see how this develops.

  3. Baldacci added that any alternative candidate with a close tie to Platner would be carrying “a lead weight” into the general election. Meanwhile state senator Joe Baldacci, who lost the Democratic primary for Maine’s second congressional district, blasted Platner for attempting to influence the selection of his replacement.

  4. The bigger issue here is baldacci added that any alternative candidate with a close tie to Platner would be carrying “a lead weight” into the general election. That changes the calculation.

  5. The detail about baldacci added that any alternative candidate with a close tie to Platner would be carrying “a lead weight” into the general election is something people should sit with.

  6. When you look at baldacci added that any alternative candidate with a close tie to Platner would be carrying “a lead weight” into the general election, the implications are hard to ignore.

  7. So the bottom line is baldacci added that any alternative candidate with a close tie to Platner would be carrying “a lead weight” into the general election. Wonder how this will land.

  8. Think about it: state senator Joe Baldacci, who lost the Democratic primary for Maine’s second congressional district, blasted Platner for attempting to influence the selection of his replacement. That speaks volumes.

  9. Basically baldacci added that any alternative candidate with a close tie to Platner would be carrying “a lead weight” into the general election. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.

  10. Considering baldacci added that any alternative candidate with a close tie to Platner would be carrying “a lead weight” into the general election, it raises some real questions about what happens next.

  11. The detail about state senator Joe Baldacci, who lost the Democratic primary for Maine’s second congressional district, blasted Platner for attempting to influence the selection of his replacement is something people should sit with.

  12. Considering state senator Joe Baldacci, who lost the Democratic primary for Maine’s second congressional district, blasted Platner for attempting to influence the selection of his replacement, it raises some real questions about what happens next.

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