ON LABOR DAY 2025, GRAHAM PLATNER STOOD IN FRONT OF 6,500 PEOPLE IN portland, maine AND NAMED “THE ENEMY.”

THE oyster farmer and combat veteran is challenging maine’s longest-serving senator, susan collins, in the 2026 midterm elections.

the race could shift the balance of power in the TIGHTLY-SPLIT u.S. senate at a pivotal moment in american history.