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A rape allegation against Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner is forcing the party to confront a replacement deadline and a narrower path to recapturing the Senate majority in November.
Republicans currently hold the chamber 53-47. Democrats need to net four seats to flip control, a target that just became harder to hit.
The Maine deadline If Platner, a military combat veteran turned oyster farmer who held support from top progressives until Monday, suspends his campaign before 5 p.m.
on July 13, the Maine Democratic Party can name a substitute candidate by July 27. That replacement would face Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican seeking her sixth six-year term who defied defeat projections six years ago.
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