Democrats stick by Platner with Senate control on the line

After Graham Platner sailed to the Democratic Senate nomination in Maine on Tuesday, Democrats on Capitol Hill appeared to settle around his campaign as his progressive allies urged the rest of the party to keep their eye on winning the Senate.

Platner’s victory hadn’t been in doubt, but there were questions about what his margin of victory would be. As of Wednesday afternoon, with 92 percent of votes counted, he was leading Gov. Janet Mills, who dropped out of the race but remained on the ballot, 72 percent to 19 percent, according to The Associated Press.

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