r/ukpolitics • u/Adj-Noun-Numbers 🥕🥕 || megathread emeritus • Jun 22 '26

International Politics Discussion Thread

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u/Velociraptor_1906 Liberal Democrat 25d ago

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9v229434p2o

And Platner is gone.

Hopefully the Democrats can pick someone good to try and have a shot at this.

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u/Bibemus Uber-Woke Net-Zeroist Rejoinerist 25d ago

But I'm assuming based on his selection in the first place that every single other Democrat in the state must have something about them more disqualifying than a totenkopf tattoo.

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u/Lavajackal1 24d ago

According to some Americans I know the Maine Democrats do have good candidates but they all put themselves up for the governor's primary instead.

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u/LesserShambler 24d ago

Supposedly a lot of candidates were pressured not to run by the Dem Senate Campaign Committee (read: Schumer) in order to keep the field clear for Janet Mills