Across the bay from Bar Harbor lies the small town of Sullivan, Maine, population twelve hundred and nineteen. On August 16th, Graham Platner, the bearded, strawberry-blond co-owner of the Waukeag Neck Oyster Company, brought his Carolina Skiff over to the Sullivan Harbor launch. It was three days before a video titled "Platner for U.S. Senate" would drop, catapulting this local oyster farmer, harbormaster, and former marine onto the national stage.
"But I do believe that there is a really significant opportunity here for Democrats to take back the state of Florida - as long as we have a candidate who can relate to everyday people who keeps it focused on the most important pressing issues that affect people every single day in their lives like affordability and public education, and access to true freedoms across the state," Jenkins said.