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Graham Platner,<\/span> the scandal-ridden populist Senate candidate from Maine, suspended his campaign Wednesday night. His announcement came two days after a rape allegation against him was made public in a Politico<\/em> report, and prominent Democrats\u2014many of whom had looked the other way at Platner\u2019s Nazi tattoo and prior abuse allegations\u2014one by one dropped their endorsements.<\/p>

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In an 11-minute video posted to social media, Platner categorically denied the allegation and lashed out at \u201cthe corporate media system and the political establishment,\u201d which he said acted as \u201cjudge, jury and executioner.\u201d He insisted that his video was not an admission of guilt\u2014but after nine minutes, he nonetheless said: \u201cI intend to file my paperwork to withdraw.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

If Platner does file that paperwork before 5 p.m. ET Monday, he will be leaving the Maine Democratic Party with just 19 days to nominate a replacement. The Maine Democratic Party has released a statement sayingit will hold a nominating convention before the July 27 deadline.<\/p>\n

Devon Murphy-Anderson, the Maine Democratic Party\u2019s executive director,\u00a0posted a video to social media\u00a0on Tuesday promising an \u201copen, inclusive, transparent and fair\u201d convention\u2014and accused Platner\u2019s team of trying to \u201cmanipulate this process\u201d and select his successor themselves.<\/p>

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The Maine Democratic Party has approved plans for a nominating convention that will involve roughly 600 delegates, most of whom will be local party officials from around the state. They will pick a candidate to replace Platner\u2014who got over 150,000 votes, the most of any Democratic Senate candidate in Maine primary history. Then, that candidate will face off against incumbent Sen. Susan Collins in November.<\/p>\n

At least eight candidates\u2019 names have been floated to replace Platner: brewery owner Dan Kleban, social worker Paige Loud, former Maine CDC director Nirav Shah, former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, and former political staffer Jordan Wood among them. But in Platner\u2019s Wednesday night announcement, he said he believes his volunteers\u2014not the Maine Democratic Party\u2014should be the ones to choose his replacement. \u201cThese decisions need to be made in the open by the people of this state, the people who got us here,\u201d Platner said. \u201cMy name might be on the ballot right now, but that ballot line belongs to the people of Maine.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is an unprecedented amount of energy and enthusiasm among Maine Democrats, driven in part by many of the dedicated volunteers and supporters who were inspired by Graham Platner\u2019s campaign,\u201d Maine Democratic Party leaders said in a statement. \u201cWe look forward to coming together and harnessing that energy around our new nominee as we work to defeat Susan Collins in November.\u201d<\/p>

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