As we reported, Democrats went all in for their nominee for the Senate in Maine, Graham Platner, despite all the vile things that have been revealed about him.
Why did they do that? He had been polling about nine points ahead of Republican incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) about two weeks ago.
About a week ago, we reported how the data indicated that the margin was closing, despite Democrats' protestations that people didn't care about the things being revealed about Platner. An internal poll for Platner even indicated the numbers had closed - to Platner just leading by four, when an internal poll generally tends toward the person for whom they're polling. This is with the polling generally underestimating Collins by a lot for the past three elections.
Then, President Donald Trump endorsed Collins, despite noting they had differences on policy, and he blasted Platner.
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Now, Quantus Insights has some new numbers in on the race, and the Democrats who threw in with Platner have to be kicking themselves. They debased themselves to support him, and his lead has essentially disappeared. It's now a statistical tie.
NEW QUANTUS INSIGHTS POLL | June 12, 2026
— Quantus Insights (@QuantusInsights) June 12, 2026
Our latest Maine U.S. Senate survey finds the race tightening sharply since March, with Graham Platner now holding a narrow 1-point edge over Susan Collins.
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🔵 Graham Platner: 46%
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It has Platner at 46 percent, Collins at 45, with 7 percent undecided, and 2 percent other.
Notice that in the generic congressional ballot, Democrats are up by 10. So Platner is doing worse than the generic Democrat, and Collins is doing better than the generic Republican. So much for Democrats attaching their hopes to him.
Co-founder of Quantus, Jason Corley, confirmed how much it had closed, and he thinks it's now a "toss-up."
Notable movement in Maine since our March poll.
— Jason Corley (@JasonCorley78) June 12, 2026
Collins has climbed. Platner has fallen. What was a clear Platner advantage has now tightened into a pure toss-up heading into the summer months.
This is one of the most competitive Senate races on the board. https://t.co/8YfhSBwktp
He may be being kind.
As we noted, this is before you count in the 8 or so points the polls tend to underestimate Collins. If that holds in this election, as it has in the last three elections, she may be up by a fair amount.
There's likely more to drop on Platner, and they haven't even fully directed their attacks at him, which they will do, now that he is past the primary.
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You have to think that it is probably lean R now, given Collins' history of resilience in elections. Democrats were obviously wrong - character and Nazi tattoos do mean something to the electorate.
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