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Unless Patrick Dempsey has a tattoo nobody knows about, it’s hard to imagine a better bet to replace Graham Platner as the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine.
Along with his deep roots in the state — Dempsey was born in the old mill town of Lewiston, raised in the rural hill country of Turner and now owns an estate in Kennebunkport, the moneyed beach enclave where the Bushes famously summered — he’s got more name recognition than any other candidate and definitely looks more like a senator than anybody else in the race — or, for that matter, in Washington.
The silver hair, the square jawline, the piercing green eyes — the “I Had a McDreamy” campaign placards practically write themselves.
Alas, it was not to be — the 60-year-old Grey’s Anatomy star has made it clear he’s not interested in politics. But for a few days earlier this month, it looked as if Susan Collins might have had a real fight on her hands. Even before the oyster fisherman with the Totenkopf chest ink officially stepped out of the race, Dempsey’s name was being floated by an unidentified Democratic group polling Maine voters about possible replacements.
