Good evening, everyone. I'm Laura Coates on this busy election night in America, where all eyes are now fixated on Maine in a showdown that could decide control of the Senate.

Democrats have officially picked scandal-plagued Graham Platner as their nominee.

He is the progressive oyster farmer and combat veteran, a political newcomer who's made some

Democrats uneasy over his past personal controversies, and he addressed some of those

controversies in his speech tonight.

Redemption is not just some simple or easy destination.

It's a journey.

I've made mistakes in my life, mistakes that I regret that I live with, and that I continue

to learn from.

And I'm still far from perfect.

But every day, I wake up and I try to be a little bit better and a little bit kinder than I was the day before.

And if you give me the chance, I will be a senator for the people who cannot afford to buy a senator.

Platner will take on Republican senator, Susan Collins, in November.

And Republicans need her in order to keep her seat to have a chance at keeping control

of the Senate.

But tonight was not really about whether Platner would win his primary.

Democrats are watching how he wins.

His most high profile challenger, Governor Janet Mills, suspended her Senate campaign in April.

But her name, it was still on the ballot.

And votes for her, they still count.

So the number of votes Mills polls could be a warning sign for

Platner, a sign that some Democrats aren't sold on their nominee, even in a race they badly want to win.

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