Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner faced mounting pressure to abandon his campaign in Maine after a rape allegation was made against him. Fellow Maine Democrats, including rival candidates within his own party, broke ranks to publicly urge his withdrawal, exposing widening divisions among his supporters and casting serious doubt over the future of his candidacy.

The scale of the expected exit was reflected in prediction markets, with Kalshi at one point putting the likelihood of him dropping out at 94 per cent. Even so, several prominent national Democratic figures — including Bernie Sanders, Chris Murphy and Chris Van Hollen — declined to formally rescind their endorsements, leaving Platner with residual high-profile backing even as party colleagues at home pressed him to step aside.