"At The Dunbar Store, a small grocery store off Route 1 in Sullivan, Maine, Graham Platner has a very specific nickname. "We called him 'footlong ham and cheese guy,'" Josh Winer, Dunbar's owner, says. Most days, he'd pick up a ham and cheese and a Moxie-a New England-specific soda tinged with bittersweet gentian root-before he'd board his boat at the nearby launch to go oystering."
"In the eight weeks since its launch, the campaign has recruited 9,000 volunteers across all 16 counties in the state, and raised an impressive $4 million. Of these donations, 82% are from in-state donors, and around 90% are under $100, suggesting that Platner has major grassroots support from voters. He has appeared on MSNBC, scored an endorsement from Bernie Sanders, and has regularly pulled in hundreds of supporters at rallies."
"In that video, a bearded Platner, his strawberry blonde hair tousled, introduced Maine voters to the issues central to his platform, namely, broad economic populism, taxing billionaires, and universal healthcare. In a deep, gravely voice that wouldn't sound out of place in a truck commercial, he talks about his decade of military service, and "farming oysters to feed my community.""
Graham Platner is an oysterman and military veteran from Sullivan, Maine who launched a Senate campaign. His launch video went viral, receiving more than two and a half million views in 24 hours. In eight weeks, the campaign recruited 9,000 volunteers across 16 counties and raised $4 million, with 82% of donations from in-state donors and about 90% under $100. The campaign has drawn national attention, including an endorsement from Bernie Sanders and appearances on MSNBC, while linking Platner's oyster-farming background to community service and anti-oligarchy, economically populist messaging.
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