Chris Hayes/Platner interview live.

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19. Ask who?

You can make predictions in politics based on polling. Platner has consistently lead in the polls. Janet Mills can read a poll too which is why she dropped out.

https://www.realclearpolling.com/elections/senate/2026/maine

There is nothing recent as far as the primary. Most latest polls are related to a matchup with Susan Collins where he also leads there. There is a lot of last minute desperation and for some reason the Democrats often do self sabatoge when it comes to their leading candidates like with Mamdani but in this case there is no Cuomo to fall back on unless you count a dropped out Mills still on the ballot and other candidates polling a distant 3rd place.