*Graham Platner speaks at a town hall on Oct. 22, 2025 in Ogunquit, Maine. Photo by Sophie Park/Getty Images.*

Graham Platner, the progressive oyster farmer and veteran running for Senate in Maine, continues to hold a significant lead over Governor Janet Mills in the Democratic primary, according to new polling from his campaign.

The survey, conducted in mid-December, found Platner up by 15 points in the primary over Mills, suggesting he has, so far, managed to weather a series of controversies that emerged in the fall. The poll shows his insurgent campaign is effectively tied with Maine Republican Susan Collins, leading her in a close general election by three points (within the poll’s margin of error).

Platner’s campaign shared the survey data, its first poll of the race, exclusively with Zeteo.

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“Serious times require serious politics, which is what we are engaged in up here in Maine,” Platner said last week in a Zoom call with supporters and allies. “It’s also a politics that people respond to, because I think people are sick and tired of seeing the same kind of performative, theatrical politics that they’ve been used to.”

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