Today’s notice: The Democratic Senate primary in Maine is back on. Who gets the Kalshi founders’ cash. MAHA’s latest flex at HHS. And: A lot of charts about how America’s top cities have evolved over 250 years.
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Another Maine event. A lot of prominent Democratic political professionals have a lot of explaining to do. Yesterday, an allegation of sexual assault against Graham Platner was quickly deemed credible enough to cause just about all support for the Democratic Senate nominee from elected officials and party arms to dry up and turn into demands he drop out. The lefty political insurgency that fueled his campaign turned on him too — streamer Hasan Piker was among the most vocal calling for Platner to quit.
For the moment, Platner is still in. But not like in-in — “we are taking the time to reflect on the best path forward,” the candidate said in a video statement yesterday. Generally, that kind of reflection ends with dropping out.
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And so Democrats are talking about what comes next. Platner would have to drop out by Monday to get off the ballot, and the state party would have until July 27 to pick a replacement.