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Polls close in Maine as Democrats weigh controversial Senate candidate Graham Platner

Polls have closed in Maine, which along with South Carolina, Nebraska and North Dakota are holding primary elections on Tuesday.And the race grabbing the biggest national spotlight is in Maine, where it's judgment day for Graham Platner, the embattled Democratic Senate candidate in left-leaning Maine who is aiming to oust longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins in a crucial race that's among a handful that will determine if the GOP holds its slim Senate majority in the midterm elections.Platner, an oyster farmer and military combat veteran who is backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and oth...