41 Messages

  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM

stupid fundraising texts

I get those stupid fundraising texts from Democrats too. And look: They wouldn’t bother me if Democratic leadership was actually doing something useful right now. unsubscribe Hello, I get those stupid fundraising texts from Democrats too. And look: They wouldn’t bother me if Democrat…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM

I won an award

I won an award my senior year in high school (and I’ve got the yearbook photo to prove it). I was voted “Most Likely to Start a Revolution” among my graduating class. unsubscribe Hello, I won an award my senior year in high school (and I’ve got the yearbook photo to prove it). I was v…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM

I’m humbly asking for a donation to defeat Susan Collins

It’s Graham Platner – the Marine Corps veteran, oyster farmer, and Democrat running against Susan Collins here in Maine. And I am emailing to humbly ask if you can make a donation to my campaign for Senate today to help me defeat Susan Collins and flip Maine blue. unsubscribe Hello, …
  Defeat Susan Collins · [email protected]
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM

Please don’t scroll past this email

To all of Graham Platner’s supporters: Please don’t click away from this important email. unsubscribe Hello, To all of Graham Platner’s supporters: Please don’t click away from this important email. We’ll get straight to the point. We’re emailing to ask you to make a donation to help …
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM

We are not going to be lectured by Donald Trump, Chuck Schumer, the oligarchs, AIPAC, or the corporate-funded Super PACs about who can and cannot be a United States senator.

Last night, over 650 people came out on a Wednesday evening to ask questions and hear how we are going to defeat Susan Collins at our town hall in Biddeford, Maine. unsubscribe Hello, Last night, over 650 people came out on a Wednesday evening to ask questions and hear how we are goi…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM

I stand in solidarity with the nurses of Houlton Regional Hospital

Yesterday morning, we woke up at 3 a.m. to drive up to Houlton, ME, to support the striking nurses at Houlton Regional Hospital. unsubscribe Hello, Yesterday morning, we woke up at 3 a.m. to drive up to Houlton, ME, to support the striking nurses at Houlton Regional Hospital. Worker…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM

The system is fighting back

I launched my campaign to defeat Susan Collins because I wanted to take on the entire DC political system. And now, the system is fighting back – hard. unsubscribe Hello, I launched my campaign to defeat Susan Collins because I wanted to take on the entire DC political system. And no…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM

Asking for just $1

I’m emailing to ask you to give $1 before midnight tonight to help me defeat Susan Collins. And no, that’s not a mistake. I’m really asking for just $1. unsubscribe Hello, I’m emailing to ask you to give $1 before midnight tonight to help me defeat Susan Collins. And no, that’s not a…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM

$7.9 million

That’s how much Susan Collins has already taken for her reelection campaign from corporate PACs, billionaires, and special interests like AIPAC. unsubscribe Hello, $7,933,772 That’s how much Susan Collins has already taken for her reelection campaign from corporate PACs, billionaire…
  Defeat Susan Collins · [email protected]
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM

Emailing to ask for $5

Susan Collins is the most vulnerable Republican senator in the entire country. And a brand-new poll shows Democrat Graham Platner narrowly LEADING in the race for Maine’s U.S. Senate seat. unsubscribe Hello, We’re emailing to ask you for $5. Here’s why: Susan Collins is the most vuln…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM

Trying something a bit different

Here’s the situation: We’re still short of our $250,000 mid-month fundraising goal and what we need to defeat Susan Collins. So I’m trying something a little bit different. unsubscribe Hello, Here’s the situation: We’re still short of our $250,000 mid-month fundraising goal and what …
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM

Brand-new poll in our race against Susan Collins

This poll is good news for our campaign, but we all know what happens next. unsubscribe Hello, I’ve got pretty big news: A brand-new poll shows us LEADING Susan Collins in the race for Maine’s U.S. Senate seat! We’re up 45% to 41%. This poll is good news for our campaign, but we all …
  Ro Khanna · [email protected]
November 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM

I’m under attack for calling on Schumer to step down. Will you help me fight back?

I spoke out. Now they’re attacking. We can’t back down. unsubscribe Hello, Earlier this week, I called on Chuck Schumer to step down as Senate Minority Leader for caving to Republicans and betraying more than 20 million Americans who depend on us to protect their healthcare. Before I expla…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM

There must be something I can say to convince you.

Is there anything I can say to convince you to make a donation to my campaign to defeat Susan Collins before midnight tonight? unsubscribe Hello, Is there anything I can say to convince you to make a donation to my campaign to defeat Susan Collins before midnight tonight? What if I t…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM

I am not afraid to name the enemy.

I did four infantry tours in the Marine Corps and the Army. I’m not afraid to name an enemy: The enemy is the oligarchy. It’s the billionaires who pay for it. It’s the corrupt politicians – Republican and Democrat – who sell us out. unsubscribe Hello, I did four infantry tours in th…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM

Until we elect more Democrats that understand that we must actually fight for working people, we are going to find ourselves in this position over and over again.

Last night, some Senate Democrats caved. They voted with Republicans to forward a bill that is not going to protect the ACA extensions. unsubscribe Hello, Last night, some Senate Democrats caved. They voted with Republicans to forward a bill that is not going to protect the ACA exten…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM

Nothing pisses me off more

Nothing pisses me off more than getting a fundraising text from Democrats talking about how they’re fighting fascism… Because it’s such B.S. We’re not idiots. Everyone knows most of them aren’t doing jack right now to fight back. unsubscribe Hello, Nothing pisses me off more than get…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM

just $5 to defeat Susan Collins

I am humbly asking you to chip in just $5 to my campaign before midnight tonight to help me defeat Susan Collins. Seriously, just $5. unsubscribe Hello, I am humbly asking you to chip in just $5 to our campaign before midnight tonight to help me defeat Susan Collins. Seriously, just …
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM

I am running for U.S. Senate against Susan Collins here in Maine because I am sick and tired of establishment Democrats voting alongside fascist Republicans and oligarchs to uphold a system that is rigged against working-class people.

Please let me explain why your donation today is so important if we’re going to defeat Susan Collins and replace her with a Democrat who will actually vote and fight like Democrats should be. unsubscribe Hello, In a moment, I’m going to ask you to make a donation to my campaign for U…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM

After last night, I am feeling energized and ready to defeat Susan Collins next.

Last night, Democrats won across the country. From Virginia, New Jersey, and New York to here in Maine – where we defeated a billionaire-backed voter suppression referendum and saved absentee voting. unsubscribe Hello, Last night, Democrats won across the country. From Virginia, New J…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM

If getting a fundraising text every day meant Medicare for All, or ending the genocide in Palestine, or stopping masked police from abducting people off our streets… I’d trade a million stupid fundraising texts from Democrats for even just one of those.

I get those stupid fundraising texts from Democrats too. And look: They wouldn’t bother me if Democratic leadership was actually doing something useful right now. unsubscribe Hello, I get those stupid fundraising texts from Democrats too. And look: They wouldn’t bother me if Democrat…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM

If wanting people to have health care and be able to afford a home makes me a revolutionary, so be it.

I won an award my senior year in high school (and I’ve got the yearbook photo to prove it). I was voted “Most Likely to Start a Revolution” among my graduating class. unsubscribe Hello, I won an award my senior year in high school (and I’ve got the yearbook photo to prove it). I was v…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM

I am very humbly asking

It’s Graham Platner – the Marine Corps veteran, oyster farmer, and Democrat running against Susan Collins here in Maine. And I am emailing to humbly ask if you can make a donation to my campaign for Senate today to help me defeat Susan Collins and flip Maine blue. unsubscribe Hello, …
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
November 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Sorry for the long email. I thought this was important.

When my wife Amy and I first talked about me running for the U.S. Senate against Susan Collins, we understood that at some point the establishment was going to turn on the machine and try to rip our lives apart. We knew that was coming. We baked that into the calculus. unsubscribe Hel…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM

Tonight is our first fundraising deadline since Janet Mills entered the race and since the DC political establishment went on the attack to try to stop us.

Everyone is going to be closely watching our fundraising numbers. unsubscribe Hello, At midnight tonight, we’re facing our end-of-October fundraising deadline. This is the first deadline like this we’ve had since Janet Mills entered the race and since the DC political establishment w…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
October 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM

A single dollar

I’m emailing to ask you to give $1 before midnight tonight to help me defeat Susan Collins. And no, that’s not a mistake. I’m really asking for just $1. unsubscribe Hello, I’m emailing to ask you to give $1 before midnight tonight to help me defeat Susan Collins. And no, that’s not a…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
October 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM

We knew what we’d be giving up

I’ll be very blunt. The first time someone suggested to me that I should run for U.S. Senate against Susan Collins, I wasn’t sure that throwing away the quiet, very nice life that my wife Amy and I had built for ourselves was the right idea. unsubscribe Hello, I’ll be very blunt. The…
  Defeat Susan Collins · [email protected]
October 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM

Please don’t click away from this important email.

To all of Graham Platner’s supporters: Please don’t click away from this important email. unsubscribe Hello, To all of Graham Platner’s supporters: Please don’t click away from this important email. We’ll get straight to the point. We’re emailing to ask you to make a donation to help …
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
October 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM

$7,933,772

That’s how much Susan Collins has already taken for her reelection campaign from corporate PACs, billionaires, and special interests like AIPAC. unsubscribe Hello, $7,933,772 That’s how much Susan Collins has already taken for her reelection campaign from corporate PACs, billionaire…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
October 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM

This is what happens when you challenge the powerful

I launched my campaign to defeat Susan Collins because I wanted to take on the entire DC political system. And now, the system is fighting back – hard. unsubscribe Hello, I launched my campaign to defeat Susan Collins because I wanted to take on the entire DC political system. And no…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
October 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM

I'm beginning to believe that we do not live in a broken system. I believe we are living in a rigged system that is functioning exactly as it was intended…

But this is not how it has to be. unsubscribe Hello, People can’t afford their groceries right now. They can’t afford rent. They can’t afford their health insurance or their car payment. Yet, at the same time, the rich are getting richer than they’ve ever been. People often say the s…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
October 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM

How can I convince you?

Is there anything I can say to convince you to make a donation to my campaign to defeat Susan Collins before midnight tonight? unsubscribe Hello, Is there anything I can say to convince you to make a donation to my campaign to defeat Susan Collins before midnight tonight? What if I t…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
October 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM

My team said to try to keep this email short. They should have known better.

I will always be honest with you. unsubscribe Hello, Last night at the Leavitt Theatre in Ogunquit, I spoke to an absolutely packed crowd of 600 Mainers who came out on a Wednesday night to hear our campaign’s positive message and learn how we are going to defeat Susan Collins. It wa…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
October 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM

I’m not afraid to name an enemy.

I did four infantry tours in the Marine Corps and the Army. I’m not afraid to name an enemy: The enemy is the oligarchy. It’s the billionaires who pay for it. It’s the corrupt politicians – Republican and Democrat – who sell us out. unsubscribe Hello, I did four infantry tours in th…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
October 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM

Nothing pisses me off more than getting a fundraising text from Democrats talking about how they’re fighting fascism… Because it’s such B.S. We’re not idiots. Everyone knows most of them aren’t doing jack right now to fight back.

Nothing pisses me off more than getting a fundraising text from Democrats talking about how they’re fighting fascism… Because it’s such B.S. We’re not idiots. Everyone knows most of them aren’t doing jack right now to fight back. unsubscribe Hello, Nothing pisses me off more than get…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
October 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM

We just took a big risk

I just made one of the most difficult decisions of this campaign yet. unsubscribe Hello, Republican Super PACs have already spent millions of dollars on TV ads supporting Susan Collins here in Maine. Susan Collins’ corporate and AIPAC donors are blanketing the state with TV ads becau…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
October 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM

Asking for just $5 to defeat Susan Collins

I am humbly asking you to chip in just $5 to my campaign before midnight tonight to help me defeat Susan Collins. Seriously, just $5. unsubscribe Hello, I am humbly asking you to chip in just $5 to our campaign before midnight tonight to help me defeat Susan Collins. Seriously, just …
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
October 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM

Asking for just $1

I’m emailing to ask you to give $1 before midnight tonight to help me defeat Susan Collins. And no, that’s not a mistake. I’m really asking for just $1. unsubscribe Hello, I’m emailing to ask you to give $1 before midnight tonight to help me defeat Susan Collins. And no, that’s not a…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
October 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM

How can I convince you?

Is there anything I can say to convince you to make a donation to my campaign to defeat Susan Collins before midnight tonight? unsubscribe Hello, Is there anything I can say to convince you to make a donation to my campaign to defeat Susan Collins before midnight tonight? What if I t…
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
October 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM

$5 to defeat Susan Collins

I am humbly asking you to chip in just $5 to my campaign before midnight tonight to help me defeat Susan Collins. Seriously, just $5. unsubscribe Hello, I am humbly asking you to chip in just $5 to our campaign before midnight tonight to help me defeat Susan Collins. Seriously, just …
  Graham Platner · [email protected]
October 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM

Nothing pisses me off more than getting a fundraising text from Democrats talking about how they’re fighting fascism

Nothing pisses me off more than getting a fundraising text from Democrats talking about how they’re fighting fascism… Because it’s such B.S. We’re not idiots. Everyone knows most of them aren’t doing jack right now to fight back. unsubscribe Hello, Nothing pisses me off more than get…