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  Graham Platner · [email protected]
December 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM

My senior year in high school

I won an award my senior year in high school (and I’ve got the yearbook photo to prove it). I was voted “Most Likely to Start a Revolution” among my graduating class. unsubscribe Hello, I won an award my senior year in high school (and I’ve got the yearbook photo to prove it). I was v…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
December 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM

I am humbly, but urgently, asking

It’s Graham Platner – the Marine Corps veteran, oyster farmer, and Democrat running against Susan Collins here in Maine. And I am emailing to humbly ask if you can make a donation to my campaign for Senate today to help me defeat Susan Collins and flip Maine blue. unsubscribe Hello, …
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
December 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM

Frances Perkins

If I am any kind of Democrat, I am a New Deal Democrat. unsubscribe Hello, One my heroes, Frances Perkins, was the first woman cabinet member under FDR. She was the longest-serving Labor Secretary. And when she invented Social Security, it was an entirely new program unlike anything …
  Defeat Susan Collins · [email protected]
December 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM

Please do not scroll past without reading this email

To all of Graham Platner’s supporters: Please don’t click away from this important email. unsubscribe Hello, To all of Graham Platner’s supporters: Please don’t click away from this important email. We’ll get straight to the point. We’re emailing to ask you to make a donation to help …
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
December 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM

Reaching out personally

Together, we’ve already built the strongest campaign and organizing effort the state of Maine has ever seen. And that scares them. unsubscribe Hey there, it’s Graham Platner. If you’ve been thinking about making a donation to our campaign to defeat Susan Collins, this is it. Now is t…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
December 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM

what happens when you challenge the powerful

I launched my campaign to defeat Susan Collins because I wanted to take on the entire DC political system. And now, the system is fighting back – hard. unsubscribe Hello, I launched my campaign to defeat Susan Collins because I wanted to take on the entire DC political system. And no…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
December 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM

No, this is not a mistake

I’m emailing to ask you to give $1 before midnight tonight to help me defeat Susan Collins. And no, that’s not a mistake. I’m really asking for just $1. unsubscribe Hello, I’m emailing to ask you to give $1 before midnight tonight to help me defeat Susan Collins. And no, that’s not a…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
December 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM

$7,933,772

That’s how much Susan Collins has already taken for her reelection campaign from corporate PACs, billionaires, and special interests like AIPAC. unsubscribe Hello, $7,933,772 That’s how much Susan Collins has already taken for her reelection campaign from corporate PACs, billionaire…
  Defeat Susan Collins · [email protected]
December 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM

Just $5

Susan Collins is the most vulnerable Republican senator in the entire country. And a brand-new poll shows Democrat Graham Platner narrowly LEADING in the race for Maine’s U.S. Senate seat. unsubscribe Hello, We’re emailing to ask you for $5. Here’s why: Susan Collins is the most vuln…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
December 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM

Susan Collins is the most vulnerable Republican senator in the entire country.

Susan Collins is the most vulnerable Republican senator in the entire country. Democrats’ path to retaking power in 2026 runs straight through here in Maine. unsubscribe Hello, Susan Collins is the most vulnerable Republican senator in the entire country. Democrats’ path to retaking …
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
December 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM

Lowering my ask

Here’s the situation: We’re still short of our fundraising goal and what we need to defeat Susan Collins. So I’m trying something a little bit different. unsubscribe Hello, Here’s the situation: We’re still short of our $100,000 early-December fundraising goal and what we need to def…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM

I am not afraid

I did four infantry tours in the Marine Corps and the Army. I’m not afraid to name an enemy: The enemy is the oligarchy. It’s the billionaires who pay for it. It’s the corrupt politicians – Republican and Democrat – who sell us out. unsubscribe Hello, I did four infantry tours in th…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM

What do I need to say to convince you?

Is there anything I can say to convince you to make a donation to my campaign to defeat Susan Collins before midnight tonight? unsubscribe Hello, Is there anything I can say to convince you to make a donation to my campaign to defeat Susan Collins before midnight tonight? What if I t…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM

It's time to investigate Pete Hegseth for war crimes

If the reporting is true, Pete Hegseth appears to have committed war crimes while ordering strikes on Venezuelan vessels in the Caribbean. unsubscribe Hello, If the reporting is true, Pete Hegseth appears to have committed war crimes while ordering strikes on Venezuelan vessels in th…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
December 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM

it’s such B.S.

Nothing pisses me off more than getting a fundraising text from Democrats talking about how they’re fighting fascism… Because it’s such B.S. We’re not idiots. Everyone knows most of them aren’t doing jack right now to fight back. unsubscribe Hello, Nothing pisses me off more than get…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
December 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM

A quick but important thank you

When someone like you chips in even just $5 or $10 to our campaign to help us defeat Susan Collins, it means everything. I understand the sacrifice, and I am incredibly grateful. unsubscribe Hello, I am emailing just to say: Thank you. Last night was our end-of-November fundraising de…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM

midnight tonight

With time running out, we’re still short of our goal and what we need to win and defeat Susan Collins. unsubscribe Hello, Our end-of-November fundraising deadline is at midnight tonight. But with time running out, we’re still $6,300 short of our goal and what we need to win and defe…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM

I get asked all the time if these “fundraising deadlines” are real

I get asked all the time if these “fundraising deadlines” are real. And the answer is: Yes. unsubscribe Hello, I get asked all the time if these “fundraising deadlines” are real. And the answer is: Yes. My campaign and our team have to carefully budget our resources. We’re constantly…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM

just $5 this Black Friday

I am humbly asking you to chip in just $5 to my campaign before midnight tonight to help me defeat Susan Collins. Seriously, just $5. unsubscribe Hello, I am humbly asking you to chip in just $5 to our campaign before midnight tonight to help me defeat Susan Collins. Seriously, just …
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM

What I am thankful for today

From me and my family: I just wanted to wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving. unsubscribe Hello, From me and my family: I just wanted to wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving. I’m fortunate to be spending the day with many of those who matter most to me. It’s a reminder of just…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM

allow me to explain

Please let me explain why your donation today is so important if we’re going to defeat Susan Collins and replace her with a Democrat who will actually vote and fight like Democrats should be. unsubscribe Hello, In a moment, I’m going to ask you to make a donation to my campaign for U…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM

stupid fundraising texts

I get those stupid fundraising texts from Democrats too. And look: They wouldn’t bother me if Democratic leadership was actually doing something useful right now. unsubscribe Hello, I get those stupid fundraising texts from Democrats too. And look: They wouldn’t bother me if Democrat…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM

I won an award

I won an award my senior year in high school (and I’ve got the yearbook photo to prove it). I was voted “Most Likely to Start a Revolution” among my graduating class. unsubscribe Hello, I won an award my senior year in high school (and I’ve got the yearbook photo to prove it). I was v…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM

I’m humbly asking for a donation to defeat Susan Collins

It’s Graham Platner – the Marine Corps veteran, oyster farmer, and Democrat running against Susan Collins here in Maine. And I am emailing to humbly ask if you can make a donation to my campaign for Senate today to help me defeat Susan Collins and flip Maine blue. unsubscribe Hello, …
  Defeat Susan Collins · [email protected]
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM

Please don’t scroll past this email

To all of Graham Platner’s supporters: Please don’t click away from this important email. unsubscribe Hello, To all of Graham Platner’s supporters: Please don’t click away from this important email. We’ll get straight to the point. We’re emailing to ask you to make a donation to help …
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM

We are not going to be lectured by Donald Trump, Chuck Schumer, the oligarchs, AIPAC, or the corporate-funded Super PACs about who can and cannot be a United States senator.

Last night, over 650 people came out on a Wednesday evening to ask questions and hear how we are going to defeat Susan Collins at our town hall in Biddeford, Maine. unsubscribe Hello, Last night, over 650 people came out on a Wednesday evening to ask questions and hear how we are goi…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM

I stand in solidarity with the nurses of Houlton Regional Hospital

Yesterday morning, we woke up at 3 a.m. to drive up to Houlton, ME, to support the striking nurses at Houlton Regional Hospital. unsubscribe Hello, Yesterday morning, we woke up at 3 a.m. to drive up to Houlton, ME, to support the striking nurses at Houlton Regional Hospital. Worker…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM

The system is fighting back

I launched my campaign to defeat Susan Collins because I wanted to take on the entire DC political system. And now, the system is fighting back – hard. unsubscribe Hello, I launched my campaign to defeat Susan Collins because I wanted to take on the entire DC political system. And no…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM

Asking for just $1

I’m emailing to ask you to give $1 before midnight tonight to help me defeat Susan Collins. And no, that’s not a mistake. I’m really asking for just $1. unsubscribe Hello, I’m emailing to ask you to give $1 before midnight tonight to help me defeat Susan Collins. And no, that’s not a…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM

$7.9 million

That’s how much Susan Collins has already taken for her reelection campaign from corporate PACs, billionaires, and special interests like AIPAC. unsubscribe Hello, $7,933,772 That’s how much Susan Collins has already taken for her reelection campaign from corporate PACs, billionaire…
  Defeat Susan Collins · [email protected]
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM

Emailing to ask for $5

Susan Collins is the most vulnerable Republican senator in the entire country. And a brand-new poll shows Democrat Graham Platner narrowly LEADING in the race for Maine’s U.S. Senate seat. unsubscribe Hello, We’re emailing to ask you for $5. Here’s why: Susan Collins is the most vuln…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM

Trying something a bit different

Here’s the situation: We’re still short of our $250,000 mid-month fundraising goal and what we need to defeat Susan Collins. So I’m trying something a little bit different. unsubscribe Hello, Here’s the situation: We’re still short of our $250,000 mid-month fundraising goal and what …
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM

Brand-new poll in our race against Susan Collins

This poll is good news for our campaign, but we all know what happens next. unsubscribe Hello, I’ve got pretty big news: A brand-new poll shows us LEADING Susan Collins in the race for Maine’s U.S. Senate seat! We’re up 45% to 41%. This poll is good news for our campaign, but we all …
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
November 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM

I’m under attack for calling on Schumer to step down. Will you help me fight back?

I spoke out. Now they’re attacking. We can’t back down. unsubscribe Hello, Earlier this week, I called on Chuck Schumer to step down as Senate Minority Leader for caving to Republicans and betraying more than 20 million Americans who depend on us to protect their healthcare. Before I expla…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM

There must be something I can say to convince you.

Is there anything I can say to convince you to make a donation to my campaign to defeat Susan Collins before midnight tonight? unsubscribe Hello, Is there anything I can say to convince you to make a donation to my campaign to defeat Susan Collins before midnight tonight? What if I t…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM

I am not afraid to name the enemy.

I did four infantry tours in the Marine Corps and the Army. I’m not afraid to name an enemy: The enemy is the oligarchy. It’s the billionaires who pay for it. It’s the corrupt politicians – Republican and Democrat – who sell us out. unsubscribe Hello, I did four infantry tours in th…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM

Until we elect more Democrats that understand that we must actually fight for working people, we are going to find ourselves in this position over and over again.

Last night, some Senate Democrats caved. They voted with Republicans to forward a bill that is not going to protect the ACA extensions. unsubscribe Hello, Last night, some Senate Democrats caved. They voted with Republicans to forward a bill that is not going to protect the ACA exten…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM

Nothing pisses me off more

Nothing pisses me off more than getting a fundraising text from Democrats talking about how they’re fighting fascism… Because it’s such B.S. We’re not idiots. Everyone knows most of them aren’t doing jack right now to fight back. unsubscribe Hello, Nothing pisses me off more than get…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM

just $5 to defeat Susan Collins

I am humbly asking you to chip in just $5 to my campaign before midnight tonight to help me defeat Susan Collins. Seriously, just $5. unsubscribe Hello, I am humbly asking you to chip in just $5 to our campaign before midnight tonight to help me defeat Susan Collins. Seriously, just …
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM

I am running for U.S. Senate against Susan Collins here in Maine because I am sick and tired of establishment Democrats voting alongside fascist Republicans and oligarchs to uphold a system that is rigged against working-class people.

Please let me explain why your donation today is so important if we’re going to defeat Susan Collins and replace her with a Democrat who will actually vote and fight like Democrats should be. unsubscribe Hello, In a moment, I’m going to ask you to make a donation to my campaign for U…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM

After last night, I am feeling energized and ready to defeat Susan Collins next.

Last night, Democrats won across the country. From Virginia, New Jersey, and New York to here in Maine – where we defeated a billionaire-backed voter suppression referendum and saved absentee voting. unsubscribe Hello, Last night, Democrats won across the country. From Virginia, New J…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM

If getting a fundraising text every day meant Medicare for All, or ending the genocide in Palestine, or stopping masked police from abducting people off our streets… I’d trade a million stupid fundraising texts from Democrats for even just one of those.

I get those stupid fundraising texts from Democrats too. And look: They wouldn’t bother me if Democratic leadership was actually doing something useful right now. unsubscribe Hello, I get those stupid fundraising texts from Democrats too. And look: They wouldn’t bother me if Democrat…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM

If wanting people to have health care and be able to afford a home makes me a revolutionary, so be it.

I won an award my senior year in high school (and I’ve got the yearbook photo to prove it). I was voted “Most Likely to Start a Revolution” among my graduating class. unsubscribe Hello, I won an award my senior year in high school (and I’ve got the yearbook photo to prove it). I was v…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM

I am very humbly asking

It’s Graham Platner – the Marine Corps veteran, oyster farmer, and Democrat running against Susan Collins here in Maine. And I am emailing to humbly ask if you can make a donation to my campaign for Senate today to help me defeat Susan Collins and flip Maine blue. unsubscribe Hello, …
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Sorry for the long email. I thought this was important.

When my wife Amy and I first talked about me running for the U.S. Senate against Susan Collins, we understood that at some point the establishment was going to turn on the machine and try to rip our lives apart. We knew that was coming. We baked that into the calculus. unsubscribe Hel…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM

Tonight is our first fundraising deadline since Janet Mills entered the race and since the DC political establishment went on the attack to try to stop us.

Everyone is going to be closely watching our fundraising numbers. unsubscribe Hello, At midnight tonight, we’re facing our end-of-October fundraising deadline. This is the first deadline like this we’ve had since Janet Mills entered the race and since the DC political establishment w…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
October 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM

A single dollar

I’m emailing to ask you to give $1 before midnight tonight to help me defeat Susan Collins. And no, that’s not a mistake. I’m really asking for just $1. unsubscribe Hello, I’m emailing to ask you to give $1 before midnight tonight to help me defeat Susan Collins. And no, that’s not a…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
October 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM

We knew what we’d be giving up

I’ll be very blunt. The first time someone suggested to me that I should run for U.S. Senate against Susan Collins, I wasn’t sure that throwing away the quiet, very nice life that my wife Amy and I had built for ourselves was the right idea. unsubscribe Hello, I’ll be very blunt. The…
  Defeat Susan Collins · [email protected]
October 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM

Please don’t click away from this important email.

To all of Graham Platner’s supporters: Please don’t click away from this important email. unsubscribe Hello, To all of Graham Platner’s supporters: Please don’t click away from this important email. We’ll get straight to the point. We’re emailing to ask you to make a donation to help …
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
October 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM

$7,933,772

That’s how much Susan Collins has already taken for her reelection campaign from corporate PACs, billionaires, and special interests like AIPAC. unsubscribe Hello, $7,933,772 That’s how much Susan Collins has already taken for her reelection campaign from corporate PACs, billionaire…