NYT > U.S. News 5 Takeaways From a Maine Debate That Showed Replacing Platner Isn’t Easy Par :Benjamin Oreskes and Tim Balk 16 juillet 2026 à 22:07 Maine Democrats vying to become the state’s new Senate nominee met, and mostly agreed, at a debate filled with halting answers and stilted deliveries. © Ryan David Brown for The New York TimesThe first hour of the debate featured four of the top Democratic candidates for Senate in Maine: from left, Shenna Bellows, Troy Jackson, Dr. Nirav Shah and Jordan Wood.