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What comes next for the Platner campaign — and for Democrats

NPR | By Tyler Bartlam,
Scott Detrow, Patrick Jarenwattananon
Published July 7, 2026 at 4:56 PM EDT

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Adam Jentleson, a Democratic strategist and the founder and president of the liberal think tank the Searchlight Institute, about where Graham Platner goes from here.

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