Janet Mills ends Senate campaign in Maine, paving way for Graham Platner

Washington — Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Thursday that she is suspending her campaign for Senate, all but ensuring Graham Platner will get the Democratic nomination to take on incumbent GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine in one of November’s most important Senate races.

“While I have the drive and the passion, commitment and experience, and above all else — the fight — to continue on, I very simply do not have the one thing that political campaigns require today: the financial resources,” Mills said in a statement. 

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