普拉特纳的基层志愿者领袖警告缅因州民主党，他们的支持取决于候选人是否做出进步主义承诺
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缅因州民主党参议院候选人尼拉夫·沙阿表示，普拉特纳的支持者“在本次竞选中有一席之地”
在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时，缅因州民主党参议院候选人尼拉夫·沙阿称赞“格雷厄姆竞选时的主张与我们的竞选纲领存在相似之处”。
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缅因州波特兰——接替前候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳、成为民主党参议院提名候选人，以挑战长期任职的共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯的竞选，倒计时已进入最后阶段。
角逐民主党提名的候选人必须于本周三之前向州民主党提交参选申请，才能获得 ballot 资格。截至目前，已有8名民主党人报名争夺该提名，提名将由7月25日缅因州民主党代表大会的601名投票代表投票选出。
普拉特纳是一名民粹主义民主党人，去年9月获得进步派领袖伯尼·桑德斯参议员的支持，以压倒性优势赢得6月初的民主党初选。他原本要在一场备受关注、充满争议且耗资巨大的竞选中挑战柯林斯，这场选举是决定共和党能否在11月中期选举中维持微弱参议院多数席位的少数关键战役之一。
作为一名退伍军人兼牡蛎养殖户，普拉特纳的竞选活动迅速升温，他击败了民主党建制派。但即便他以碾压之势拿下提名，也因一系列丑闻被迫陷入防守态势。
角逐接替普拉特纳的民主党人呼吁“废除”移民海关执法局
格雷厄姆·普拉特纳2026年6月9日在缅因州布鲁因希尔的初选活动上发表讲话。(CJ·冈瑟/盖蒂图片社)
上周，普拉特纳退出了竞选。此前，缅因州及全国范围内的民主党高层要求他立即退选，此前一份爆炸性报道披露了他曾与一名前女友发生强奸指控的细节。
距离7月27日替换普拉特纳为新候选人的截止日期越来越近，州民主党宣布，缅因州全部16个县将于本周末召开特别提名会议，与会代表将投票选举出席州代表大会的代表。
这些代表将于下周六，即7月25日，在缅因州班戈举行会议，投票选出该党的参议院提名候选人。
投票前夕，一个“为格雷厄姆·普拉特纳竞选活动组织拉票、上门宣传、举办活动并搭建基层网络的全州志愿者领袖网络”在周二写给州民主党一封公开信中明确表示，他们搭建的组织“不会自动转移到该党挑选的任何候选人手中”。
“只有当一名候选人公开且明确地采纳我们列出的核心进步承诺时，这个组织才会继续存在，也才会继续投入使用。”
这封信表明，无论谁赢得提名，都面临着一项艰巨的任务：迅速团结民主党基础阵营的不同派系。
以下是已宣布参选的候选人名单：
尼拉夫·沙阿
沙阿在上个月的民主党州长初选中得票最多，但在排序复选制投票中输给了前缅因州众议院议长汉娜·平格里，未能获得提名。
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缅因州民主党参议院候选人尼拉夫·沙阿2026年7月14日在缅因州比迪福德的共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯办公室外举行新闻发布会。前一天，移民海关执法局特工在附近街区开枪致人死亡，沙阿就此对柯林斯提出批评。(保罗·施泰因豪泽/福克斯新闻)
沙阿于2019年至2023年期间担任缅因州疾病控制与预防中心主任，之后出任联邦疾病控制与预防中心首席副主管，在唐纳德·特朗普总统去年就职后不久辞职。
沙阿以“坚定的进步主义立场”为自己造势，他告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“我想对普拉特纳的支持者说的话非常明确：你们在本次竞选中有一席之地，你们在这场竞选中有重要的话语权。”
特洛伊·杰克逊
杰克逊是前缅因州参议院议长，也是第五代伐木工，在缅因州民主党州长初选中排名第三。
杰克逊在缅因州初选期间与普拉特纳一同竞选，与普拉特纳一样获得了桑德斯的背书。他的州长竞选活动也得到了缅因州民主社会主义者组织(DSA)的支持。
他此次参选参议院得到了桑德斯创立的“我们的革命”组织的支持。
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民主党联邦参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳与特洛伊·杰克逊2026年5月24日在缅因州奥罗诺的缅因大学柯林斯艺术中心举行的“反对寡头政治”巡回演讲活动上同台亮相。(乔·雷德尔/盖蒂图片社)
“这场运动永远不止关乎某一个人，而是要挑战对工薪阶层不利的体制，为全民医保、强大的工会、更高的工资、生殖自由以及让亿万富翁和企业最终缴纳公平份额税款的经济而战，”杰克逊周一在“我们的革命”组织的虚拟市政厅活动中说道，他的发言面向普拉特纳的支持者。
申娜·贝洛斯
贝洛斯是缅因州务卿，在民主党州长提名竞选中排名第四。
“11月拿下参议院控制权至关重要。我参选是为了推动全民医保、维护工人权利并保护我们的邻居，”贝洛斯在社交媒体帖子中说道。
缅因州务卿、州长候选人申娜·贝洛斯2026年5月1日在缅因州波特兰市政厅外参加当地工会组织的五一劳动节集会。(格雷姆·斯隆/盖蒂图片社)
如果她获得提名，这将是贝洛斯第二次与柯林斯对决。在2014年缅因州参议院选举中，柯林斯以两倍于贝洛斯的得票率胜出。
乔丹·伍德
伍德曾是凯蒂·波特的国会助理，今年在缅因州第二国会选区的民主党提名竞选中失利，该选区是关键的摇摆选区。
伍德去年最初启动了参议院竞选，但当民主党众议员贾里德·戈尔登宣布不再寻求连任后，他转而参选众议院席位。
“这场竞选属于参与其中的缅因州民众：志愿者、小额捐款者以及走遍全州每个角落举办市政厅会议的邻居们。我们拒绝接受任何企业政治行动委员会、以色列公共事务委员会和说客的资金，因为由民众资助的运动只对民众负责，”伍德在社交媒体上表示。
戴维·科斯特洛
这是科斯特洛今年第二次角逐参议院提名。
他在6月初选中获得8%的选票，排名第三，仅次于普拉特纳和珍妮特·米尔斯州长——米尔斯早已暂停竞选，但她的名字仍留在选票上。
科斯特洛曾担任马里兰州环境部副秘书，是2024年缅因州民主党参议院提名候选人，最终以悬殊差距排名第三，落后于在任的独立参议员安格斯·金。
丹·克莱班
缅因啤酒公司联合创始人克莱班曾短暂角逐民主党参议院提名，之后退出竞选并背书米尔斯。
“我完全支持一场公开、透明的进程，以赢得代表们的信任、团结我们的政党，并为华盛顿带来新一代领导力，”克莱班在周二宣布参选时写道。
佩奇·劳德
劳德是一名社会工作者，曾在缅因州第二国会选区的民主党初选中失利。
“缅因州的基层运动比以往任何时候都更强大，我们不能失去这种势头。这场竞选始终是为了建设一个每个缅因州人都能发声、都能参与决策的未来，”劳德在宣布参选参议院时写道。
伊丽莎白·迪克森
迪克森的领英页面显示，她于2012年至2014年担任州众议员，2016年至2020年在科罗拉多州担任教师，之后搬回缅因州。
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“我相信一个人人都能归属的世界，但贫富差距却在不断扩大。我认为，拥有权力的同时也应承担责任，”迪克森在解释自己参选参议院的原因时写道。
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Meet the Democrats gunning to replace Graham Platner in a crucial Senate showdown
Platner’s grassroots volunteer leaders warn the Maine Democratic Party their support hinges on progressive commitments
July 14, 2026 1:56pm EDT / Fox News
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Democratic Senate candidate in Maine Nirav Shah says Platner supporters ‘have a home in this campaign’
In a Fox News Digital interview, Democratic Senate candidate in Maine Nirav Shah touts the policy ‘similarities between what Graham did in his campaign and what our campaign is doing.’
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PORTLAND, Maine– The clock is quickly ticking in the race to replace former candidate Graham Platner as Maine’s Democratic Senate nominee in the race to challenge longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
Candidates gunning to win the Democratic nomination must file with the state party by Wednesday to get on the ballot. Eight Democrats have filed so far to run for the nomination, which will be determined by 601 voting delegates at a July 25 convention held by the Maine Democratic Party.
Platner, a populist Democrat who was backed last September by progressive champion Sen. Bernie Sanders, won the early June Democratic primary in a landslide. He was challenging Collins in a high-profile, combustible and expensive race which is one of a handful that will determine if the GOP holds onto its slim Senate majority in November’s midterm elections.
A combat veteran and oyster farmer whose campaign caught fire, Platner steamrolled the Democratic establishment. But even as he crushed the competition to capture the nomination, Platner had already been forced on defense in the wake of a slew of scandals.
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Graham Platner speaks at his Primary Election event on June 9, 2026, in Blue Hill, Maine.(CJ Gunther/Getty Images)
Platner dropped out of the race last week, amid calls from top Democrats in Maine and across the country to immediately exit the race following an explosive report contained an allegation of rape from a woman he previously dated.
Facing a July 27 deadline to replace Platner with a new nominee, the state Democratic Party announced that all 16 Maine counties will convene special nomination meetings this weekend where participants will vote to elect delegates.
Those delegates will meet the following Saturday, July 25, in Bangor, Maine, to vote for the party’s nominee.
Ahead of the vote, a “statewide network of volunteer leaders who organized, knocked doors, hosted events, and built the loop grassroots infrastructure behind Graham Platner’s campaign,” in an open letter on Tuesday to the state party made it clear that the organization they built “does not transfer automatically to whoever the Party selects.”
“It will only continue to exist, and only continue to be deployed, for a nominee who publicly and explicitly adopts” a list of core progressive commitments that they listed.
The letter is a sign of the tough task ahead for whomever wins the nomination to quickly unite the different wings of the Democratic base.
Here’s a look at who have already announced they’re running.
Nirav Shah
Shah finished with the most votes in last month’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, but lost the nomination to former Maine House Speaker Hannah Pingree following ranked choice voting.
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Democratic Senate candidate Nirav Shah holds a news conference outside Republican Sen. Susan Collins’ office in Biddeford, Maine, on July 14, 2026. Shah took aim at Collins over a fatal shooting by ICE agents that took place a couple of blocks away a day earlier.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
Shah directed the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention from 2019 to 2023 and later served as principal deputy director of the federal CDC, stepping down shortly after President Donald Trump assumed office last year.
Touting his “strong progressive stances,” Shah told Fox News Digital that “my message to those supporters of Graham’s is a very clear one. You have a home in this campaign. You have an important voice in this campaign.”
Troy Jackson
Jackson, a former Maine Senate President and fifth-generation logger, came in third place in Maine’s Democratic gubernatorial primary.
Jackson campaigned with Platner during Maine’s primary, and, along with Platner, was endorsed by Sanders. And his gubernatorial campaign was also backed by the Maine chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
He’s being supported by the Sanders-founded Our Revolution as he runs for the Senate.
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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner and Troy Jackson stand together during a “Fighting Oligarchy” tour stop at the Collins Center for the Arts on the University of Maine campus in Orono, Maine, on May 24, 2026.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
“This movement is always been bigger than one person. It’s about taking on a system rigged against working people, fighting for Medicare for all, strong unions, higher wages, reproductive freedom, and an economy where billionaires and corporations finally pay their fair share,” Jackson said Monday during a Our Revolution virtual town hall, as he pointed to Platner supporters.
Shenna Bellows
Bellows, Maine’s Secretary of State, came in fourth place in the race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.
“Flipping the Senate in November is crucial. I’m running to pass Medicare for all, fight for workers’ rights, and protect our neighbors,” Bellows said in a social media post.
Maine Secretary of State and candidate for Governor Shenna Bellows speaks during a May Day rally organized by local unions, on May 1, 2026 outside City Hall in Portland, Maine.(Graeme Sloan/Getty Images)
If she wins the nomination, this will be the second time Bellows will face off against Collins. The senator topped Bellows by a more than two-to-one margin in the 2014 Senate election in Maine.
Jordan Wood
Wood is a former congressional staffer for Katie Porter who unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic nomination this year in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, a crucial swing seat.
Wood originally launched a Senate campaign last year, but pivoted to the House race when Democratic Rep. Jared Golden announced he wouldn’t seek re-election.
“This campaign belongs to the Mainers who built it: the volunteers, small-dollar donors, and neighbors who filled town halls in every corner of the state. We refuse every dime of corporate PAC, AIPAC, and lobbyist money, because a movement funded by the people answers only to the people,” Wood said on social media.
David Costello
This is Costello’s second run this year for the Senate nomination.
He finished with 8% of the vote in the June primary, coming in third behind Platner and Gov. Janet Mills, who had already suspended her campaign but her name remained on the ballot.
A former Maryland Department of the Environment deputy secretary, Costello was the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine in the 2024 election, coming in a distant third to incumbent independent Sen. Angus King.
Dan Kleban
A co-founder of the Maine Beer Company, Kleban briefly ran for the Democratic Senate nomination before dropping out and endorsing Mills.
“I fully support an open, transparent process to earn the trust of our delegates, unite our party, and bring a new generation of leadership to Washington,” Kleban wrote as he announced his filing on Tuesday.
Paige Loud
Loud is a social worker who unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic primary for Maine’s 2nd congressional district.
“The grassroots movement in Maine is more powerful than ever, and we cannot afford to lose that momentum. This has always been about building a future where every Mainer has a voice and a seat at the table,” Loud wrote as she launched her Senate bid.
Elizabeth Dickerson
Dickerson’s LinkedIn page indicates she served as a state representative from 2012 through 2014, resigning from the Legislature and working as a teacher in Colorado from 2016 to 2020 before moving back to Maine.
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“I believe in a world where everyone belongs, but the disparity between the rich and the poor keeps growing. I believe that with power, responsibility should follow,” Dickerson wrote in explaining her Senate bid.
Paul Steinhauser covers the national campaign trail from coast to coast for Fox News
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