Democrats in Maine are looking to challenge Senator Susan Collins, with Governor Janet Mills considered a potential candidate despite doubts about her being a strong choice. Graham Platner, a local oyster farmer and former Marine, is also entering the race with an outsider perspective. He emphasizes the failure of traditional establishment candidates and aims to focus on improving conditions for the working class. Platner believes the current political system does not represent working-class people adequately and advocates for new strategies to defeat incumbents like Collins.
"Running establishment candidates who are chosen or supported by the powers that be in D.C. - in Maine specifically - has been a total failure, certainly in attempts to unseat Susan Collins. It is time for us to try something new."
"We need to stop using the exact same playbook that keeps losing over and over and over again," said Platner, a political unknown who serves as the local harbor master in the tiny town of Sullivan.
"Everyone knows we live in a system that is not built to represent working-class people."
Mills, 77, is being circumspect about her plans for what could be one of the most competitive Senate races in the country. And some Maine Democrats believe she is too conventional a choice to defeat Collins.
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