Platner 'taking the time to reflect on the best path forward' in Maine Senate race after assault allegation

Maine Senate Democratic candidate Graham Platner on Monday said that “we are taking the time to reflect on the best path forward,” just minutes after Politico published a story in which a woman who previously dated the oyster farmer alleged he had sexually assaulted her.

“I wanted to directly address the troubling, serious and false allegations against me.

Any accusation of non-consensual...