Maine’s newly anointed Democratic Senate nominee wished "nothing would have happened" to his predecessor, Graham Platner, whose campaign was torpedoed by sexual assault allegations last month.Troy Jackson, a former logger and Maine State Senate president, slid into the role as Democratic nominee after Platner’s insurgent campaign rapidly unraveled as scandal after scandal piled up, culminating in a sexual assault allegation from his ex-girlfriend that he has since denied.Jackson had previously run in Maine’s gubernatorial contest, finishing third in the primary earlier this summer. Once Platne...
Dem who urged scandal-plagued candidate to quit now mourns his downfall in pivotal Maine race
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