2026年6月3日 美国东部时间下午5:42 / 福克斯新闻
缅因州州长珍妮特·米尔斯暂停了竞选，但表示民主党人仍可在6月9日的初选中为她投票，挑战苏珊·柯林斯
作者：查尔斯·克莱茨，福克斯新闻
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丑闻缠身的民主社会主义者格雷厄姆·普拉特纳接连不断的争议，让他之前的初选对手站出来发声，提醒缅因州选民：尽管她暂停了竞选，但她的名字仍在选票上。
尽管普拉特纳面临一波又一波的争议，但他仍是下周二初选的热门人选，因为他唯一的活跃对手大卫·科斯蒂洛始终未能获得支持。
但今年早些时候暂停参议院竞选的缅因州州长珍妮特·米尔斯，在接受《刘易斯顿太阳报》专栏作家采访时发表了一则可能引发轩然大波的言论，称民主党人仍可以投票给她，以推翻任职30年的参议员苏珊·柯林斯——这位新英格兰地区仅剩的联邦共和党公职人员。
“人们以为我已经退出或退选了，”米尔斯告诉专栏作家史蒂夫·柯林斯。
“我只是暂停了积极竞选活动。我的名字仍在选票上，”米尔斯说道。这位直言不讳的特朗普批评者今年早些时候在白宫午餐会上，因涉及跨性别女性参与女子体育的议题被公开斥责。
民主党初选变味：米尔斯在关键参议院对决中对桑德斯支持的普拉特纳发起猛烈攻击
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6394338571112
缅因州媒体报道称，筹款困难是米尔斯暂停竞选的主要原因，但普拉特纳却在争议中一路前行。
他胸前的“骷髅头”纹身——曾被德国纳粹集中营守卫使用——是共和党人最常提及的争议点，而他的竞选团队还卷入了另一桩争议：一名顾问曾要求马萨诸塞州体育媒体人大卫·波特诺伊合作开展一场反对波士顿红袜队管理层的反私募股权运动。
波特诺伊以自己的犹太信仰和普拉特纳的纳粹纹身为由拒绝了这一提议。
普拉特纳还为自己辩解，此前有一篇reddit旧帖被重新翻出，他在帖中称前宾夕法尼亚州副州长候选人泰迪·丹尼尔斯是“该死的蠢货”，只因后者在塔利班围攻中身受重伤，他还将这位共和党人的幸存归咎于阿富汗恐怖分子“枪法太差”。
自4月30日以来一直处于休眠状态的米尔斯竞选团队的X账号，于6月1日重新活跃，发布了一条纪念骄傲月的帖子。
普拉特纳的争议引发人们对鲜为人知的缅因州选票替换条款的猜测
缅因州参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳和两届州长珍妮特·米尔斯正在该州的民主党参议院初选中竞争。(索菲·帕克/盖蒂图片社；斯科特·艾森/盖蒂图片社)
“每个人都有权过上真实的生活，嫁给自己所爱的人，无需恐惧。无论今天还是每一天，我都为与LGBTQ+社区站在一起而感到自豪，”米尔斯说道。
与此同时，史蒂夫·柯林斯在刊登米尔斯言论的专栏中写道，缅因州越来越多的女性独立选民和民主党选民对普拉特纳的丑闻感到不满。
他写道，他们的集体愤怒“比那些贪婪的百万富翁更有可能毁掉[普拉特纳]的竞选”。
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6396279511112
参议院中的苏珊·柯林斯同僚是无党派参议员安格斯·金二世，他与民主党党团一同投票，投票立场通常与民主党一致。
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Former primary rival resurfaces to challenge scandal-plagued Graham Platner in Maine Senate race
June 3, 2026 5:42pm EDT / Fox News
Gov. Janet Mills suspended her campaign but says Democrats can still vote for her in the June 9 primary against Susan Collins
By Charles Creitz, Fox News
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Scandal-plagued democratic socialist Graham Platner’s continued controversies have led his former primary rival to speak out and remind Mainers that she remains on the ballot despite having suspended her campaign.
Platner has been hit with one controversy after another, though he remains the heavy favorite heading into next Tuesday’s primary contest, as his only active opponent, David Costello, has failed to gain traction.
But Maine Gov. Janet Mills, who suspended her campaign for Senate earlier this year, dropped a potential bombshell in comments to a Lewiston Sun-Journal columnist by suggesting Democrats could still vote for her in their effort to unseat 30-year incumbent Sen. Susan Collins, New England’s last remaining federal Republican officeholder.
“People have the impression that I withdrew or dropped out,” Mills said, according to columnist Steve Collins.
“I simply suspended active campaigning. I am still on the ballot,” said Mills — an outspoken Trump critic who got publicly reprimanded by the president during a White House lunch earlier this year over the subject of biological men in girls’ sports.
DEM PRIMARY TURNS UGLY: MILLS UNLEASHES BRUTAL ATTACK ON SANDERS-BACKED PLATNER IN CRUCIAL SENATE SHOWDOWN
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6394338571112
While fundraising struggles were cited in Maine media reports as a key reason Mills paused her campaign, Platner has charged ahead through one controversy after another.
His “Totenkopf” chest tattoo — one used by German Nazi concentration camp guards — has been the controversy most frequently cited by Republicans, while his campaign also became embroiled in a separate controversy when a consultant asked Massachusetts-based sports media personality David Portnoy to collaborate on an anti-private-equity campaign against the Boston Red Sox front office.
Portnoy balked at the suggestion, citing his Jewish faith and Platner’s Nazi tattoo.
Platner also defended himself after a Reddit post resurfaced in which he called former Pennsylvania lieutenant gubernatorial candidate Teddy Daniels a “dumb motherf—-er” for being badly wounded in a Taliban siege, blaming “poor marksmanship” by the Afghan terrorists for the Republican’s survival.
Otherwise dormant since April 30, Mills’ campaign X account sprang back to life June 1 with a post commemorating Pride Month.
PLATNER CONTROVERSIES FUEL SPECULATION ABOUT LITTLE-KNOWN MAINE BALLOT REPLACEMENT PROVISION
Senate candidate Graham Platner of Maine and two-term Gov. Janet Mills are competing in the state’s Democratic Senate primary.(Sophie Park/Getty Images; Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
“Everyone deserves the freedom to live authentically and marry who they love without fear. I’m proud to stand with the LGBTQ+ community, today and every day,” Mills said.
Meanwhile, Steve Collins wrote in the column containing Mills’ comments that an increasing number of female independent and Democratic voters in Maine are troubled by Platner’s scandals.
He wrote that their collective umbrage is “more likely to kill [Platner’s] campaign… than greedy millionaires.”
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6396279511112
Susan Collins’ counterpart in the Senate is registered Independent Sen. Angus King Jr., who caucuses with Democrats and reliably votes with them.
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Fox News Digital reached out to the Platner campaign and Mills’ office for comment.
The Pine Tree State’s primary is June 9.
Charles Creitz is a reporter for Fox News Digital.
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Charles is a Pennsylvania native and graduated from Temple University with a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism. Story tips can be sent to charles.creitz@fox.com.
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