Graham Platner, the Democratic Senate candidate in the US state of Maine, has suspended his midterm election campaign after a string of controversies, including an accusation of sexual assault.

Graham Platner, the progressive Democrat running for Senate in Maine, has been accused of sexual assault and says he will weigh his options.

U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner is facing a new allegation from a Maine woman who said he forced her to have sex with him nearly five years ago, which Platner denies.