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As Democratic leaders withdraw their support from Graham Platner, former Maine state Senate President Troy Jackson has filed to potentially replace the U.S. Senate hopeful if he drops out.<\/p>\n

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This week, one of Platner’s former girlfriends accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2021. Platner has denied the allegations, calling them “troubling, serious, and false” in a statement to NPR. The Maine Democratic Party, along with prominent politicians, including Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, has called on Platner to withdraw from the race.<\/p>\n

Jackson, a former state senator and former gubernatorial candidate, told he believes Platner will drop out.<\/p>\n

“Graham was talking about the movement, you know \u2014 building something that lasted past him,” Jackson said. “And so I do think that he’ll step down because it is bigger than him.”<\/p>\n

He added that Platner would be “incredibly self-serving” if he didn’t end his campaign, and he said he didn’t believe that Platner could beat incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins.<\/p>\n

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“He’s just not going to win, and he’s going to leave us with another six years of income tax cuts for billionaires and no health insurance,” Jackson said.<\/p>\n

A logger from northern Maine, Jackson served two decades as a state lawmaker and has recently picked up support from Our Revolution, a group founded by Sanders, who is an independent. Jackson said that the messaging from Platner’s campaign, which has focused on issues like Medicare for all and workers’ rights, aligns with his own values. If he replaced Platner on the ballot, Jackson said, it would be an “easy transition” to “continue fighting for those things.”<\/p>\n

In conversation with host A Mart\u00ednezJackson discussed why Platner has become a moral litmus test for Democrats, how he would avoid the same blowback that then-Vice President Kamala Harris faced when she replaced then-President Joe Biden on the 2024 presidential ballot, and what he has to say to moderate Democrats who worry he is too far left.<\/p>\n

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