PERSON: Graham Platner
Employer
Hancock County
Position
Chair of Sullivan’s Planning Board
Biography
Graham Cunningham Platner (born September 1, 1984) is an American oyster farmer, harbormaster, and military veteran who is running in the Democratic primary in the 2026 United States Senate election in Maine, seeking to unseat the Republican incumbent, Susan Collins.
Platner has been described as a progressive who is critical of the Democratic Party establishment. His candidacy has been notable for the attention it has received, as well as its populist tone.
Platner was born on September 1, 1984, in Blue Hill, Maine. He was raised in Sullivan, a coastal town near Acadia National Park, and in Ellsworth. He is the Elder of two sons born to restaurant owner Leslie Harlow and lawyer Bronson Platner. His grandfather was the modernist architect Warren Platner.
Platner attended the private Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut, and private John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor, Maine. He earned the “most likely to start a revolution” yearbook superlative as a senior at John Bapst in 2003, appearing in the photo with a sign declaring “Free Kosova, Chechnya, Kashmir, Palestine, Kurdistan, Tibet”. When he was 18, he was quoted in the Bangor Daily News after protesting President George W. Bush and the Iraq War at an appearance by Bush at Bangor International Airport.
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Platner has been described as a progressive who is critical of the Democratic Party establishment. His candidacy has been notable for the attention it has received, as well as its populist tone.
Platner was born on September 1, 1984, in Blue Hill, Maine. He was raised in Sullivan, a coastal town near Acadia National Park, and in Ellsworth. He is the Elder of two sons born to restaurant owner Leslie Harlow and lawyer Bronson Platner. His grandfather was the modernist architect Warren Platner.
Platner attended the private Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut, and private John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor, Maine. He earned the “most likely to start a revolution” yearbook superlative as a senior at John Bapst in 2003, appearing in the photo with a sign declaring “Free Kosova, Chechnya, Kashmir, Palestine, Kurdistan, Tibet”. When he was 18, he was quoted in the Bangor Daily News after protesting President George W. Bush and the Iraq War at an appearance by Bush at Bangor International Airport.
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