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Rebecca Katz
Coverage of Rebecca Katz in the Nexus archive.
- Platner is finished. Does the same fate await the out-of-state consultants who recruited him?
Graham Platner, an oyster farmer recruited by out-of-state consultants to run for U.S. Senate in Maine, withdrew after a sexual assault allegation. His campaign, led by Daniel Moraff and Morris Katz, portrayed him as a charismatic outsider to challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins. The scandal has raised questions about the viability of the consultants' candidate recruitment model and its impact on their political influence.