Cory Booker isn't giving Graham Platner a pass, the Guardian reports. Asked on ABC's This Week about reports that the Maine Senate hopeful sent sexually explicit messages to other women while married, the New Jersey senator replied, "Yes, I have concerns," adding that Platner has "questions to answer—and that's what campaigns are for." Booker had been asked specifically whether he was concerned about Democrats' hopes of retaking the Senate amid the allegations, Fox News reports, and the senator quickly pivoted to November's midterms, arguing that Democrats must retake both chambers of Congress to rein in what he called an "out-of-control president" as President Trump's second term hits its midpoint, citing rising costs and the unresolved war in Iran.
Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee expected to ultimately take on Republican Sen. Susan Collins in the general election, is under mounting scrutiny after his wife, Amy Gertner, found explicit texts on his phone in 2025 and shared them with then-campaign political director Genevieve McDonald, per the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. McDonald later quit over Platner's past Reddit posts and a Nazi symbol tattoo, saying the Senate "is not a training ground for redemption." Gertner has condemned the leak, saying the couple entered counseling and that she had trusted McDonald with "the most private chapter of our lives." The state's party primary is coming up on June 9. Democrat Maine Gov. Janet Mills will remain on the ballot, but she has exited the race, CNN reports.
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