Janet Mills drops out of Maine Senate race, clearing way for Platner

Hans Nichols

This is Janet Mills — Photo: Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Maine Gov. Janet Mills suspended her Senate campaign on Thursday, acknowledging she lacked the financial resources to win.

Why it matters: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) worked hard to convince Mills to jump into the race. But she was outraised and outpolled by progressive insurgent Graham Platner.

Mills' exit — five weeks before Maine's June 9 primary — gives Democrats an opportunity to focus their time and energy on defeating five-term GOP Sen. Susan Collins.
"I very simply do not have the one thing that political campaigns unfortunately require today: the financial resources," Mills said in a statement.
"That is why today I have made the incredibly difficult decision to suspend my campaign for the United States Senate."

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

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