Platner Makes History As 1st Vanity Oysterman With Nazi Tattoo To Win US Senate Nomination

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The Scum Also Rises: Graham Platner Makes History As First Vanity Oysterman With Nazi Tattoo To Win US Senate Nomination
by Andrew Stiles
June 9, 2026

Graham Platner made history on Tuesday, becoming the first vanity oysterman and Nazi-tattooed Hotchkiss attendee to win a major party's nomination for U.S. Senate while facing credible allegations of domestic abuse. Barring another unforeseen setback or two, Platner will square off against longtime Republican incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (Maine) in the general election.
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Platner's victory is sure to embolden his supporters, who have come to revere him as the embodiment of working-class authenticity. The grandson of a world-renowned architect, Platner derives most of his income from a military disability pension, lives in a house his dad paid for, and runs an oyster farm—on an island owned by his rich friend—whose principle client is his mom's restaurant at an "old world luxury" hotel. He attended and was ultimately expelled from the Hotchkiss School, an elite preparatory academy whose distinguished alumni include Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart and Morgan Stanley cofounder Harold Stanley.
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"That is the part that people do not understand," said Genevieve McDonald, a former Platner aide who resigned in October amid reports on the candidate's since-deleted Reddit posts attacking rape victims. "We have a general election. That is a very different demographic."

Days before the primary election, McDonald wrote a Washington Post op-ed arguing that Platner "shouldn't be a U.S. senator," citing his numerous scandals and the likelihood that damaging revelations would continue to plague his candidacy. "I want better for my daughters, and for the people of Maine," she wrote. "The answer to a broken political culture is not to accept it."
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But neither Platner nor his campaign have expressed remorse in response to the abuse allegations from former girlfriends. "I think he should apologize," Khanna told Politico. Platner's campaign declined. They have repeatedly dismissed one of his accusers as a political operative working on Collins's behalf.

The campaign has also lashed out at McDonald for leaking "gossip" to the press about his extramarital sexting that Platner claimed was "not true" even though his campaign had already confirmed that it was. McDonald said she has spoken to multiple women who have "their own disturbing stories" about Platner.

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