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Graham Platner is a Marine and U.S. Army veteran, oyster farmer, chair of the Sullivan Planning Board, and candidate running for U.S. Senate in Maine, running to defeat Susan Collins and win back the seat for working Mainers.
Whether it was enlisting in the US Marine Corps or coming back home to Maine to work in his community or running for senate, at the core of every decision Graham has made has been how he can best serve the people of Maine.
After graduating high school in 2003, during the height of the Iraq War, Graham snuck his birth certificate out of his father’s office to enlist in the United States Marine Corps.
After completing his infantry training, Graham was assigned to Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion 8th Marines and deployed to Al-Anbar Province, Iraq in January of 2005 where the battalion served primarily in the area east of Fallujah. In 2006, he was deployed to Ramadi, Iraq and served as machinegun section leader at the Government Center. He was deployed again in 2007.
After his third deployment, Graham enrolled at The George Washington University using the GI Bill. Graham quickly realized that his time serving in uniform was not over. So in 2009, he joined the Maryland Army National Guard. He was deployed to Afghanistan the following year where he served as a rifle team leader.
He returned from Afghanistan and went back to school at The George Washington University in 2011. Like many veterans, Graham struggled with undiagnosed PTSD and physical challenges that come from heavy infantry combat. Graham eventually withdrew from George Washington University and moved back home to Maine where he used the resources from the Department of Veterans Affairs to get the help he needed.
After four tours overseas, Graham was deeply disillusioned with America’s failed foreign policy and endless wars and decided to focus on serving his local community in Maine.
In 2018, Graham started working on his friend’s small oyster farm in his hometown of Sullivan. He quickly felt deeply connected with the sea and the community. He eventually took over the oyster farm and built it into a business that produces high quality oysters. Graham also began a diving and mooring service to help out around the bay, and serves the town of Sullivan as Harbormaster and Planning Board Chair.

He met Amy Gertner in 2023, fell in love, and got married soon after. They now reside in Sullivan—three doors down from where Graham grew up—with their two dogs Gryffin and Zevon and their cat Neptune.

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With an unshakeable vision of an America that works for the many and not the few, Graham Platner is running to unrig our billionaire economy and make life more affordable for working people.
Graham knows change can’t wait. As an oyster farmer, harbormaster, and combat veteran, he’s experienced first-hand the same struggles facing working families. From sky high gas prices caused by unwanted wars to closed down rural hospitals due to cuts to Medicaid, Graham knows that folks are getting squeezed by the Trump regime. It’s why he’s running to take on Susan Collins, a billionaire-backed rubber stamp for Trump’s authoritarian, anti-abortion, anti-immigrant agenda. Despite her promise to vote against Supreme Court nominees who demonstrate “hostility” toward Roe v. Wade, she voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch, effectively clearing the path for the erosion of abortion access in the US. Collins also (falsely) took credit for ICE ceasing operations in Maine in January, then turned around and voted to authorize $70 billion in new funding for ICE just over a week ago. And who can forget how she helped the Trump regime slash healthcare to fund billionaire tax cuts.
Graham, on the other hand, understands what Maine needs to make life more affordable for working people, and that’s reflected in his people-powered campaign. He’s standing firm on his promise to reject corporate PAC money and represent the people of Maine, not the billionaire class. In the Senate, Graham will fight for the kinds of solutions that support working families, like bringing down costs, funding schools, and keeping hospitals open.
Bangor Indivisible, Greater Portland Indivisible, Saco Bay Indivisible, Western Kennebec County Indivisible, Indivisible Peninsula, and Lake Region Indivisible have all endorsed Graham Platner because, in the battle against fascism, we need leaders like him. We’re proud to stand with Maine Indivisibles to support Platner in his run to be the next U.S. Senator for Maine.

Graham Platner is a Marine and U.S. Army veteran, oyster farmer, chair of the Sullivan Planning Board, and candidate running for U.S. Senate in Maine, running to defeat Susan Collins and win back the seat for working Mainers.
Whether it was enlisting in the US Marine Corps or coming back home to Maine to work in his community or running for senate, at the core of every decision Graham has made has been how he can best serve the people of Maine.
After graduating high school in 2003, during the height of the Iraq War, Graham snuck his birth certificate out of his father’s office to enlist in the United States Marine Corps.
After completing his infantry training, Graham was assigned to Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion 8th Marines and deployed to Al-Anbar Province, Iraq in January of 2005 where the battalion served primarily in the area east of Fallujah. In 2006, he was deployed to Ramadi, Iraq and served as machinegun section leader at the Government Center. He was deployed again in 2007.
After his third deployment, Graham enrolled at The George Washington University using the GI Bill. Graham quickly realized that his time serving in uniform was not over. So in 2009, he joined the Maryland Army National Guard. He was deployed to Afghanistan the following year where he served as a rifle team leader.
He returned from Afghanistan and went back to school at The George Washington University in 2011. Like many veterans, Graham struggled with undiagnosed PTSD and physical challenges that come from heavy infantry combat. Graham eventually withdrew from George Washington University and moved back home to Maine where he used the resources from the Department of Veterans Affairs to get the help he needed.
After four tours overseas, Graham was deeply disillusioned with America’s failed foreign policy and endless wars and decided to focus on serving his local community in Maine.
In 2018, Graham started working on his friend’s small oyster farm in his hometown of Sullivan. He quickly felt deeply connected with the sea and the community. He eventually took over the oyster farm and built it into a business that produces high quality oysters. Graham also began a diving and mooring service to help out around the bay, and serves the town of Sullivan as Harbormaster and Planning Board Chair.

He met Amy Gertner in 2023, fell in love, and got married soon after. They now reside in Sullivan—three doors down from where Graham grew up—with their two dogs Gryffin and Zevon and their cat Neptune.