Image: Graham Platner, Democratic US Senate candidate for Maine, during a primary election night event in Blue Hill on 9 June 2026. Photograph: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Maine, is suspending his campaign following a sexual assault allegation.

Platner announced his decision in an 11-minute video posted to social media on Wednesday evening.

“For the movement to continue, it can’t be me,” he said. “For that reason, we are suspending campaign operations.”

In the video, Platner stood by his assertion that the accusation is “not remotely true” and was driven by “large forces … working against [him] personally”.

“This is all false,” Platner said of the allegations. “The things that have been claimed did not happen. It’s not real.”

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