Graham Platner’s Scandals Risk Spoiling Democrats’ Maine Bet (1)

Graham Platner heads into Maine’s Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday facing a fresh bout of controversy, turning what had looked like a coronation into a test of whether he’s a viable candidate for the party’s push to secure a majority in this year’s midterms.

Platner, a 41-year-old political neophyte, raced out to a huge polling and fundraising lead with a campaign centered on an ire for billionaires, big corporations and the Washington establishment on both sides of the aisle. But he’s also been dogged by a steady drip of scandals, most recently a New York Times report that ...