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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

Graham Platner secures the Democratic Senate nomination in Maine, sending up a choice in November between a firebrand, progressive, mired in-personal scandal, and a moderate Republican, Susan Collins, widely seen as the GOP's most vulnerable Senate incumbent.

Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.

We're joined today by my colleagues on the WSJ's opinion pages, columnist Matt Contennetti,

and editorial board member Colin Levy.

The revelations about Graham Platner, the progressive veteran oyster man, just keep coming.

First, it was the Nazi tattoo,

then sexting women, not his wife, then reports of ugly treatment of past girlfriends.

But it didn't stop him at the polls on Tuesday in the Democratic primary in Maine. About 91%

of the vote now having been counted. He leads with about 72% total. In number two is the

governor of Maine, Janet Mills, with about 19.5%. Let's start with a piece of what Platner

told his supporters in his victory speech on Tuesday. I've made mistakes in my life,

mistakes that I regret that I live with, and that I continue

to learn from.

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