Veteran who served in Middle Eastern wars launches campaign against Sen. Susan Collins

More than a year before voters take to the polls, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, has a new challenger.Early Tuesday morning, Graham Platner entered the race as a Democrat. The combat veteran served in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, according to his online biography, and is now the owner-operator of Waukeag Neck Oyster Co. His campaign Facebook page says he is a "friend of the working Mainer, foe of the oligarchy." He already has more than a dozen town halls scheduled across the New England state. "[E]very where I've gone, it seems like the fabric of wha