Overview
- Warren becomes the fourth U.S. senator to back Platner, joining Bernie Sanders, Martin Heinrich and Ruben Gallego, while Senate leaders including Chuck Schumer support Gov. Janet Mills.
- Recent polling from Pan Atlantic Research shows Platner leading Mills roughly 46% to 39% in the Democratic primary.
- Mills this week launched her first TV attack ad highlighting Platner’s decade‑old online comments about sexual assault and showing a tattoo he has since covered.
- Platner apologized again, held an event with female supporters, and rolled out response ads asking voters to judge him by his record today rather than past posts.
- Ad data show Platner reserving more than $430,000 in TV and digital spots this week to about $104,000 for Mills, as both campaigns position for a contest that will determine who faces Republican Sen. Susan Collins in a race with Senate control at stake.