Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner repeatedly criticized a lawmaker on Reddit for cheating on his wife years before his campaign confirmed he sent sexually explicit messages to women early in his marriage. On four occasions between 2018 and 2019, Platner claimed that, while he was working as a bartender in D.C., former GOP Rep.Duncan Hunter had confided in him that he was sleeping with women who were not his wife.
Platner called Hunter a "real piece of sh-t" and a "garbage person" because of that.Platner himself, however, sent sexually explicit messages to women who were not his wife early in his marriage, his campaign confirmed.The Senate candidate also maintained an account on the messenger app Kik, where his profile image was a picture of him topless wearing nothing but a towel.HOW GRAHAM PLATNER'S CAMPAIGN UNRAVELED: FROM REDDIT POSTS TO RAPE ALLEGATIONDemocratic Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks to supporters at a rally in Bar Harbor, Maine, on June 5, 2026 (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)The sexually explicit messages were first revealed by Genevieve McDonald, Platner’s former political director, who said that Platner’s wife had told her that he had exchanged sexual messages with up to 12 women.
The Platner campaign, however, countered that he had only been communicating with as many as six women, and that their conversations were not ongoing."I confided deeply personal details about my marriage to someone I considered a friend.In the months since, I have had to watch as she spread malicious gossip to anyone who would take her call," Platner’s wife said in the statement.
"I trusted this person with the most private chapter of our lives — the early days of our marriage before any campaign was on our mind — and I am deeply hurt by her betrayal and the invasion of our privacy."PLATNER IN THE HOT SEAT AS MAINE VOTERS RIP HIS 'HORRIBLE' COMMENTS AMID REDDIT SCANDALGraham Platner, Democratic US Senate candidate for Maine, during a primary e...