U.S. senatorial candidate Graham Platner listens to his mother, Leslie Harlow, introduce him during a Town Hall at the Leavitt Theater on October 22, 2025 in Ogunquit, Maine. Photo: Sophie Park/Getty Images
Here's a pair of eye-popping fundraising numbers from the Maine Senate race, which is shaping up to be the Montana of the 2026 cycle:
Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner raised $4.7 million in the final quarter of 2025, his campaign exclusively told us.
Pine Tree Results, a super PAC supporting Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), raised another $5 million in the second half of last year, we have learned.
Why it matters: The fundraising haul suggests Platner — a Bernie Sanders-endorsed populist who came under fire for a Nazi-linked tattoo and controversial social media posts — may have weathered the storm (at least for now.)
Platner is vying with Gov. Janet Mills to be the Democratic nominee against Collins, who is running for her fifth term.
Schumer has declared Mills the "best candidate" to defeat Collins.
