Graham Platner’s insurgent candidacy is transforming Maine’s sleepy 2026 Senate race into a national crucible over power, legitimacy, and the future of the Supreme Court. His biography — Marine veteran, military contractor, political outsider — gives him license to speak in stark, unforgiving terms about institutions he believes have already been weaponized against democracy. To his supporters, expanding the Court and impeaching justices isn’t extremism; it’s long-overdue accountability for a body they see as openly partisan.Susan Collins, once the embodiment of New England moderation, is now trapped between a furious base that demands loyalty to the conservative Court and a wary middle that distrusts its ethics and rulings. Her careful brand of bipartisanship collides with an era defined by maximalism. The outcome in Maine may signal whether voters still reward restraint — or are ready to endorse raw, unapologetic institutional hardball.
Dem Senate Candidate Wants Radical Changes to Supreme Court
