ME-SEN: Graham Platner's campaign manager is out

[RandySF]

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner's campaign manager is stepping down from his position, according to two people familiar with his plans.

Why it matters: Platner's bid, which was endorsed by progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), has been thrown into controversy because he once had a tattoo that looked like a Nazi symbol and made controversial social media posts in the past.

Zoom in: Kevin Brown, a longtime friend of Platner's who started as campaign manager last week, is leaving his role, the sources said.

What they're saying: "Graham is a dear friend," Brown said. "I started this campaign Tuesday but found out Friday we have a baby on the way. Graham deserves someone who is 100% in on his race and we want to lean into this new experience as a family, so it was best we step back sooner than later so Graham can get the manager he deserves."


https://www.axios.com/2025/10/27/graham-platner-campaign-manager

[tritsofme]

1. Rats off a sinking ship! Wonder how long he drags this out?

[Johnny LaRue]

11. Really? Baby on way

He was only involved 3 days if story is correct…this isn’t jumping ship.

Shouldn’t ignore the appeal of things he supports…
Much more a winning formula than Mills or Collins IMO….

[niyad]

2. WTAF, axios??? "he ONCE had a tattoo. .and made some controversial

posts"??? He still has the mark, although now covered up, those remarks were appalling, he covers up his background. .and he clearly has some very serious issues (including , to me at least, his hemingway complex).

[MagickMuffin]

5. I think Platner is a plant

He’d have to show his voting history for me to believe otherwise.

All his past actions are identical to the maga cult movement.

Nazi tattoo, bashing women and lgbt people, sounds exactly like a maga “mind”set.

[poli-junkie]

7. That's what I think!

Another FetterManchinSinema!

[Jbraybarten]

10. Yeah. I"m tired of getting screwed by candidates that

pretend to have Democratic values and then swiftly shift gears.

Also, how could his campaign think that these things wouldn't come up?

Of course he could run for a smaller office and build record too and prove himself, if he is for real.

[leftstreet]

3. A "longtime friend" who worked for Obama and Warren?

Embattled Maine Democrat Senate Candidate In Campaign Shakeup Amid Shocking Poll Surge

October 27, 2025

As part of his reset Graham Platner has named longtime friend Kevin Brown as his manager in the wake of his former director’s resignation.

Brown’s past campaign work includes the presidential bids of Elizabeth Warren and Barack Obama, according to Politico.

https://www.themainewire.com/2025/10/embattled-maine-democrat-senate-candidate-in-campaign-shakeup-amid-shocking-poll-surge/

His whole campaign is weird

[sheshe2]

4. Ooops.

[JoeOtterbein]

6. Thanks for posting Holly's article!

I'm so proud of my daughter!

[YorkRd]

8. Working for Blackwater should be the disqualifier

In 2018, Platner returned to Kabul, Afghanistan, for about six months as a State Department security contractor with Constellis, the private military company formerly known as Blackwater.

[Torchlight]

9. Candy bar melting on a summer sidewalk looks better than his campaign does

And the "he has a tattoo of an airplane, but maybe he didn't know it was an airplane when he got" excuses are making it look even worse than his own staff is doing.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. This is not good

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