{"id":116474,"date":"2026-06-10T04:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T04:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/10\/the-democratic-establishment-begrudgingly-moves-to-embrace-graham-platner-politico\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T04:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T04:53:10","slug":"the-democratic-establishment-begrudgingly-moves-to-embrace-graham-platner-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/10\/the-democratic-establishment-begrudgingly-moves-to-embrace-graham-platner-politico\/","title":{"rendered":"The Democratic establishment begrudgingly moves to embrace Graham Platner &#8211; Politico"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxQVm53Yk16N1dEaFc3ZXk3Q082azl5S0Nfdk5NUURzMzYzV0RibnR2aWp3Zk4xY2tUQWxZbFdrTE9iY1VFS25wTmNzSDlLMjh5SW5OM2lrSS1vdkxGS3B1OUNiQVhUN1lVTEJOMnlWc0hVNVU1cDdyY000UHNFdVVJbDlPbk0yWHRuRlRJeHdkYmxNdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The Democratic establishment begrudgingly moves to embrace Graham Platner<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxPSGRzV3QzempyZmdwRFZ3YnJWM29RZUtvcWRxUXFUQzdEZjlRLTdXemtqbkpGNHB3Q3A2aWpRNVpBTTNMVlFFZ0R2OTJwVW5MX3hUaHREUHVnRVpISWk1bjFFa3VxMWpqQVdveUNDOTd2cFQxYndzTHJOLUVnNThtQkh2Sk1IRDdjS0JZ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Graham Platner shrugs off scandals to win Maine Democratic Senate primary<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE9PazUzRjM0V3cxcHdRWHlnejNuUVN1b0VfT055RXhTZ3YwSmFSTDNoYmlLTnVZNUlnMW9MNWQxWWJDNXV5LWZHWmJUeVNRZElubGpibHhJSl80QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Will Maine&#8217;s scandal-hit Graham Platner help save or sink Democrats?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">BBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitwFBVV95cUxOc3FXRW5lVzItRkp6ZXh3U0g0WEc2THRnaldKOE5TMW9INWpUaGtyQzFlV1JzYUszWHR6Q1NjZzl4SHAtZ2xXc2RWYnBlbTYxWEdKaUt4T0RsaENzdTAtZ19rb2ZvMnRQWDdMeWwzaU9yb0NDaEJjdDhiSzRUakZzTWktYlkxV1F0V2dyUDZjS25wM0hwQ1R4QllYNjVZbzcxNFZtYzhGVVRXSWxLcFpsQ2FjT0ZzNGs?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Graham Platner tears into Republicans after clinching Susan Collins matchup in Maine, and other primary night takeaways<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxOb19HV0hKMW43M1FqMEtkQlJ6WFQxaEFsdzhYeHZZeURrZzYzaE01MkRfd0Y5dVZaNDFfZlRuOENMbVFSb2ZEYTBfRWtuWmgxalQ2cmZUY2k4amR4N0Z1UW1OOTFJUm9lS243YzJCTVlNUHFWMXFiWGxNd0Qwd2k2NE50WTFYM2pRNnZIOVhldVVxQV9IZVlVY1ZvSlk4eVVXVkVlRXItYnAyTHhuaWdWeldiVW9ROU44NVlWUg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Platner to frame overtly negative campaign against Collins<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic establishment begrudgingly moves to embrace Graham Platner&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico Graham Platner shrugs off scandals to win Maine Democratic Senate primary&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian Will Maine&#8217;s scandal-hit Graham&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/10\/the-democratic-establishment-begrudgingly-moves-to-embrace-graham-platner-politico\/\" 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-116474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116474","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=116474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116474\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}