The campaign team for Maine Democratic Senate hopeful Graham Platner reportedly sent out a memo on Wednesday revealing its strategy to boost the candidate after a new scandal emerged last week.Platner’s campaign plans to highlight his polling lead over incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), a strong fundraising week, and Maine voters maintaining their support for him following reports that Platner sent sexual texts to multiple women during his marriage, according to the memo. The campaign said the bottom line is that Collins is “losing her grip” on Maine’s voters because she is not focusing on the issues they care about.
“This is a race against an incumbent losing her grip on voters who put her there,” the memo said. “Maine is focused on the cost of living and whether it still trusts Susan Collins. Across the board — the poll numbers, the fundraising, the conversations with voters — all signs point in our favor.”
His campaign highlighted a Public Policy Polling survey conducted following news of Platner’s extramarital exchanges reported over the weekend. The survey found that Platner has a 4-point lead over Collins in a head-to-head matchup in the general election, with 49% for Platner and 45% for Collins. The survey consisted of 670 registered voters in Maine, and roughly 6% said they were undecided.
