How Graham Platner Won the Democratic Primary

June 25 · 45 min · Season 2 · 43.7 MB

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Garrison outlines Graham Platner’s campaign platform, his ties with labor unions and local organizing in Maine, and how those relations paved the way for Platner’s working class campaign to win the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, despite personal scandals and controversies.

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