The New Yorker Radio Hour

Graham Platner Is Staying in the Race

December 19, 2025·49 min·7-min readnarrativepolitics
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This episode of The New Yorker Radio Hour features David Remnick in conversation with Graham Plattner, a Marine and Army veteran and oyster farmer running as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate in Maine against long-time incumbent Susan Collins. The discussion explores Plattner’s unconventio

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Graham Plattner

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Graham PlattnerDavid RemnickSusan CollinsJanet MillsChuck SchumerLeon PanettaPete HegsethCalvin Tompkins

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Maine AFL-CIO

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