A Senate candidate could see his campaign upended after his wife revealed he had sent sexually explicit messages to several women while they were desperately trying to conceive through IVF.
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A Senate candidate could see his campaign upended after his wife revealed he had sent sexually explicit messages to several women while they were desperately trying to conceive through IVF.
The wife of Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner (D) alerted campaign staff last year that he had exchanged sexually explicit messages with other women, according to reports. Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner exchanged sexual texts with several women after marrying his wife, she says, according to reports. A Senate candidate could see his campaign upended after his wife revealed he had sent sexually explicit messages to several women while they were desperately trying to conceive through IVF.
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s wife told a campaign aide during a vetting exercise last summer that she had previously found “sexually explicit texts with several women” on his phone. Graham Platner's wife reportedly alerted his Maine Senate campaign about his sexually explicit texts with several women days before he announced he was running for the office.
The Hill reported the story as "Reports: Platner's wife told campaign staff he sent sexual messages to other women." The Independent reported the story as "Senate candidate reportedly exchanged sexually explicit texts with women." Fox News reported the story as "Senate candidate Graham Platner sent explicit texts to multiple women while married, wife says: report."
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8 sources have covered this story, including Fox News, The Independent, The Guardian US and RealClearPolitics and 4 other outlets. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 14 hours ago.
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