Amid latest Platner scandal, Mills reminds voters she’s still on primary ballot

By: Emma Davis

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: June 1, 2026

Words: 738

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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Gov. Janet Mills pointed out that she’ll still appear on the June 9 primary ballot, following news about presumptive Democratic nominee Graham Platner’s sexually explicit messages to other women early in his marriage.

“People have the impression that I ‘withdrew’ or ‘dropped out,’ but I simply suspended active campaigning,” Mills told the Lewiston Sun Journal. “I am still on the ballot.”

The two term governor suspended her campaign in late April, citing a …

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