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US Senate candidate Graham Platner’s campaign has been thrown into chaos.<\/p>\n

On Monday, reported an allegation of sexual assault from Platner’s former girlfriend. Platner has denied the claim.<\/p>\n

The accusations have led to cratering support from prominent Democrats for his candidacy, in a race that is important for Democrats’ ambitions to take back the Senate in November.<\/p>\n

What’s next for Platner and this key Senate race?<\/p>\n

For sponsor-free episodes of\u00a0\u00a0sign up for C\u00a0via Apple Podcasts or at\u00a0plus.npr.org.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Email us at\u00a0considerthis@npr.org.<\/p>\n

This episode was produced by Tyler Bartlam and Karen Zamora, with audio engineering by Ted Mebane.<\/p>\n

Our director is Jonas Adams.<\/p>\n

It was edited by Patrick Jarenwattananon and Tinbete Ermyas.<\/p>\n

Our interim executive producer is Courtney Dorning.<\/p>\n

Read more Trump\u2019s FIFA call opens a \u2018slippery slope,\u2019 says sports columnist Christine Brennan<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

US Senate candidate Graham Platner’s campaign has been thrown into chaos.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Politico<\/em> reported an allegation of sexual assault from Platner’s former girlfriend. Platner has denied the claim.<\/p>\n

The accusations have led to cratering support from prominent Democrats for his candidacy, in a race that is important for Democrats’ ambitions to take back the Senate in November.<\/p>\n

What’s next for Platner and this key Senate race?<\/p>\n

For sponsor-free episodes of\u00a0Consider This,<\/em>\u00a0sign up for Consider This+<\/em>\u00a0via Apple Podcasts or at\u00a0plus.npr.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Email us at\u00a0considerthis@npr.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This episode was produced by Tyler Bartlam and Karen Zamora, with audio engineering by Ted Mebane.<\/p>\n

Our director is Jonas Adams.<\/p>\n

It was edited by Patrick Jarenwattananon and Tinbete Ermyas.<\/p>\n

Our interim executive producer is Courtney Dorning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-consider-this-from-npr"],"yoast_head":"\nAmid serious allegations, what's next for Graham Platner's Senate campaign? - Best USA Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=4869\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Amid serious allegations, what's next for Graham Platner's Senate campaign? - Best USA Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"US Senate candidate Graham Platner's campaign has been thrown into chaos.On Monday, Politico reported an allegation of sexual assault from Platner's former girlfriend. 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