Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Note: Two months after we published this video, Graham Platner was accused of sexual assault and suspended his campaign.
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We spent 4 days traveling the entire state of Maine with Graham Platner to find out if he can win.
Along the way we sat him down with Republicans and Independents.
One voter told us: "We're so tired of the establishment, and Maine is a very anti-establishment state."
Note: Two months after we published this video, Graham Platner was accused of sexual assault and suspended his campaign.
Producer and Editor: Josh Hirschfeld-Kroen
Producer and Reporter: John Russell
Videographer: Colin Bell
Supervising Producer: Meg Herschlein
Video Production Manager: Isabel Atalaya
Video Production Coordinator: Jodi Clemens
Video Production Fellow: Astrid Dong
Assistant Editor: Daria Nastasia
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Note: Two months after we published this video, Graham Platner was accused of sexual assault and suspended his campaign.
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We spent 4 days traveling the entire state of Maine with Graham Platner to find out if he can win.
Along the way we sat him down with Republicans and Independents.
One voter told us: "We're so tired of the establishment, and Maine is a very anti-establishment state."
Note: Two months after we published this video, Graham Platner was accused of sexual assault and suspended his campaign.
Producer and Editor: Josh Hirschfeld-Kroen
Producer and Reporter: John Russell
Videographer: Colin Bell
Supervising Producer: Meg Herschlein
Video Production Manager: Isabel Atalaya
Video Production Coordinator: Jodi Clemens
Video Production Fellow: Astrid Dong
Assistant Editor: Daria Nastasia
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More Perfect Union is an Emmy-winning, nonprofit newsroom whose mission is to build power for working people. Here’s what that means: We report on the real struggles and challenges of the working class from a working-class perspective. We attempt to connect those problems to potential solutions. We report on the abuses and wrongdoing of corporate power. And we seek to hold accountable the ultra-rich who have too much power over America’s political and economic systems.
To support our independent journalism, subscribe, donate, and follow our other pages through the links below:
- Help fund our reporting: secure.actblue.com/donate/mpu-splash
- Substack: substack.perfectunion.us
- TikTok: tiktok.com/@moreperfectunion
- Twitter: twitter.com/MorePerfectUS
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/moreperfectunion.bsky.social
- Facebook: facebook.com/MorePerfectUS
- Instagram: instagram.com/perfectunion
- Threads: threads.net/@perfectunion
- Website: perfectunion.us
