House Democrat says he thinks Platner will ‘get off the ballot soon’

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) on Tuesday said Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner should win his primary on Tuesday and then get off the ballot so that Democrats can replace him with a sronger candidate in the fall.

Platner is expected to win Tuesday’s Democratic primary for Senate. He would then face Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) in the general election in a crucial race for determining which party will control the Senate.

“I think that he’s going to get off the ballot soon, I mean, you saw, today, reporting from his ex-political director saying that he lied about all this stuff and concerns that she had, I mean, the issues are just going to keep piling up,” Gottheimer told CNN’s John Berman on “CNN News Central.” 

On Monday, The Washington Post published an opinion piece from a former top aide of Platner’s campaign in which she pushed members of her party to consider voting for someone else.

“Democrats are being sold a narrative that Platner is the only choice for the race against Republican Sen. Susan Collins.........

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