{"id":112143,"date":"2026-06-04T14:05:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/04\/maine-poll-platner-holds-slight-lead-over-collins-in-u-s-senate-race-umass-lowell\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T14:05:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:05:30","slug":"maine-poll-platner-holds-slight-lead-over-collins-in-u-s-senate-race-umass-lowell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/04\/maine-poll-platner-holds-slight-lead-over-collins-in-u-s-senate-race-umass-lowell\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine Poll: Platner Holds Slight Lead over Collins in U.S. Senate Race &#8211; UMass Lowell"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxPUmlHOENhZ0R4eGw4R3VMRlNGSUdORXFyQS05QU0wSXkzYkc2WVEzLVNtSDFVVUhrYmxlZlB4djlkOXFMYWZ6bUd1UFliMjlFNXFZWkF6dTJKMXNJZDk3WGJfeF9FclNuRnZITFVsalVNZXdkbW02SmtJLUNyelBWal9n?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Maine Poll: Platner Holds Slight Lead over Collins in U.S. Senate Race<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">UMass Lowell<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxON1NVckVZN2RPdms1dnFvSWpvWm5YcGdrRUllZFF1YUVDZVhmNW1HSV9fVTVJamxJVWY2aWJ4ckRDZjFtVGlYOWI4SWlheFVoZUE1SzlzWE9HUm5LSGtvNlpwUmotS0NaLTJicG1BeDhKWG4xRk91LVcyeFpDSmoxcFBfSGdyQldGNjJCNXJJeVhaVDd5RzBNM0d5YnJ0d0U?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Several Women Who Dated Graham Platner Recall \u2018Unsettling\u2019 Behavior<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxPLU1VdGprMHJwMmtybUZPMEh1RGNfaV9nSkVXWkRMSlRRZnJxTkh2Q01EOE9qY0RrZXA2SWJPRGFKLU9qbldQYXlfa0tFR1BQS3MyTUU5d0xfSTdUNWVESmk4ZDRLMlB3YzR1TWFtZFI5d3pwd3owQVZJN0ViTmpnRXpOczZLTTZ3Z09rNy16ME00OHFIQWtnSXNNYWw5bUJXMW5UWlJjd0RUQU5YRkpfMms4dU9lVWdaajMwUWtzQlM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Graham Platner\u2019s Wife Flagged Sexually Explicit Texts to His Senate Campaign<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WSJ<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">SEE IT: Dem senators dodge on backing Platner as Maine candidate\u2019s scandal clouds final days before primary<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Fox News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxNcG42RXhfN2pVcVlJeW5nczUwZ19Bc3BsbkczbWZhMnBXM1N4dFF6cndiWHJQV1dZRzlLSnlRTGpNeWVVNE5IXzFXQklMc0ZiS1F4Tk5kQTFGang2YXJ2VExqbTVoZHZXV0g1Z1V5dXpveGc5YVBFZGdyRkw2MEpzbGF2Y05BcC1BUzgzUW05S1RUdHpncmstaXlWMA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;The View&#8217; erupts after Hostin declares &#8216;I would hold my nose&#8217; and vote for scandal-plagued Graham Platner<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Yahoo<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maine Poll: Platner Holds Slight Lead over Collins in U.S. Senate Race&nbsp;&nbsp;UMass Lowell Several Women Who Dated Graham Platner Recall \u2018Unsettling\u2019 Behavior&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/04\/maine-poll-platner-holds-slight-lead-over-collins-in-u-s-senate-race-umass-lowell\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}