Alex Seitz-Wald
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Small-town newspaper editor in Maine for the Midcoast Villager, former senior national political reporter for NBC News. Dad. Hobby collector.
Planned town hall for Graham Platner in Gorham has been postponed. Video poasted by Gorham Dems says the Democrat was "not feeling well." A town hall in Augusta was also canceled last night and another one Monday in Sanford is no longer listed on mobilize. facebook.com/share/r/1aQYqZ…
First in @njhotline: Oyster farmer Graham Platner (D) is set to report that his #MESEN campaign raised nearly $9.1M in Q2, ending June with nearly $1.8M on hand He raised $4.4M during the pre-primary period (April 1-May 20). He’s set to report $4.7M raised between May 21-June 30
New: All 7 Democrats trying to replace Graham Platner say #ICE should be abolished. After the deadly shooting in #Biddeford, they're criticizing Susan Collins' vote for ICE funding. Collins' team says Dems are politicizing a tragedy @bangordailynews bangordailynews.com/2026/07/14/pol…
The electorate in this race is now 601 convention delegates, elected by registered Democrats (primary was open to indies too) who chose to show up to county caucuses this weekend. The process self-selects for the most committed, involved, high-information Dems. That creates political incentives for candidates that might be quite different from a traditional primary, where you're simultaneously doing persuasion and mobilization, trying to reach low-information and/or independent voters, each of whom often have heterodox political views.
Troy Jackson says he's accepted News Center Maine’s invitation to participate in a Senate debate on Thursday but wants every declared candidate to be included
INBOX: Rep. Jared Golden says DHS must make body cameras a priority for ICE. “Unfortunately, the ICE officers involved in this incident were not yet wearing body cameras, which could have helped to establish those necessary facts."
Here we go: The best (only?) precedent for the post-Platner candidate swap. In 2002, NJ Sen. Robert Torricelli dropped Sept. 30 (!) due to ethical issues and was replaced by Frank Lautenberg. Still, unlike Maine, not a semi-open replacement process and less competitive state.
Update from our friends at the Storm Prediction Center. Current indications are that a more concentrated tornado threat exists over central areas this afternoon and evening. For our forecast area this includes western Piscataquis County. #mewx
