Nothing has absorbed Maine politics like the candidacy of Graham Platner. His strongest backers stuck with him through controversy after controversy until he was publicly accused of sexual assault and his support collapsed. Yet even after Platner officially withdrew from Maine's Senate race, it seemed like Mainers were going to keep talking about him for a while.
Then came an awful event that starkly shifted Mainers’ attention, and moved the focus of the Maine Senate race from Platner to Sen. Susan Collins. The killing of 26-year-old Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, on Monday was a real shock in the state. Maine often has the lowest rate of violent crime nationally and homicides are rare, with only 21 in 2025.
Mainers quickly mobilized, with demonstrations in Biddeford, Portland, Bangor and Scarborough. “This is a land for people who want to be here,” said one rallygoer. “It doesn’t matter who you are, where you came from, what color your skin is. That’s what America is about.” Now, Collins is again responding in her classic both-sides way.
This is a preview of a column by Amy Fried. Read the full column here.
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