'Platner Opens Up 9-Point Lead Even After Pro-Collins PAC Spends Millions on Negative Ads'

"Graham Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee for the US Senate in Maine, has opened up a nine-point lead over incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins, according to a poll released Wednesday by the University of New Hampshire."

"In a head-to-head matchup, the poll shows Platner gaining 51% of the vote, compared to 42% for Collins (R-Maine)."
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"Platner’s widening lead comes even as a super political action committee (PAC) supporting Collins has spent millions of dollars in negative ads against the presumptive Democratic nominee, criticizing posts he wrote on Reddit several years ago and his since-covered tattoo of a skull and crossbones resembling an insignia worn by Nazi soldiers."

"Semafor politics reporter Dave Weigel argued that the latest polls appear to show that Maine voters 'have processed that [Platner is] the Bad Posts and Tat guy already,' and are still supporting his campaign."

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