In Maine, Democratic Senate Hopeful Platner Joined by Rep. Khanna With Primary Days Away

The Bar Harbor rally marked the first such event for Graham Platner since allegations of abuse broke.

Democratic Senate hopeful Graham Platner speaks in Bar Harbor, Maine, on June 5, 2026. Nathan Worcester/The Epoch Times

BAR HARBOR—At a rally several days before Maine’s primary, Democratic Senate hopeful Graham Platner told supporters he wasn’t the man he used to be.

“If you believe in transformational politics, you have to believe in the ability of people to transform,” he told a large crowd on June 5 in Bar Harbor, a coastal resort town just 20 miles from his campaign headquarters in Ellsworth.