{"id":88605,"date":"2026-07-10T07:35:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T07:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T07:35:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T07:35:19","slug":"a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"A look at some candidates vying for Graham Platner&#8217;s Democratic nomination for Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>                <span class=\"now-playing__dek\">Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner told his staff he will not file paperwork to officially withdraw from his race until Monday, the last day to do so. Platner said he was dropping out on Wednesday night, days after a former girlfriend accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2021. CBS News congressional correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns has more from Portland.<\/span>\n                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/candidates-vying-graham-platners-position\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner told his staff he will not file paperwork to officially withdraw from his race<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[900,9152],"class_list":["post-88605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories","tag-democratic-party","tag-graham-platner"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A look at some candidates vying for Graham Platner&#039;s Democratic nomination for Senate - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner told his staff he will not file paperwork to officially withdraw from his race until Monday, the last day to do so. Platner said he was dropping out on Wednesday night, days after a former girlfriend accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2021. CBS News congressional correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns has more from Portland.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A look at some candidates vying for Graham Platner&#039;s Democratic nomination for Senate - World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner told his staff he will not file paperwork to officially withdraw from his race until Monday, the last day to do so. Platner said he was dropping out on Wednesday night, days after a former girlfriend accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2021. CBS News congressional correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns has more from Portland.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-10T07:35:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg\" \/><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"998\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"News\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"News\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\"},\"headline\":\"A look at some candidates vying for Graham Platner&#8217;s Democratic nomination for Senate\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-10T07:35:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-10T07:35:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/\"},\"wordCount\":76,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Democratic Party\",\"Graham Platner\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Top Stories\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/\",\"name\":\"A look at some candidates vying for Graham Platner's Democratic nomination for Senate - World News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-10T07:35:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-10T07:35:19+00:00\",\"description\":\"Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner told his staff he will not file paperwork to officially withdraw from his race until Monday, the last day to do so. Platner said he was dropping out on Wednesday night, days after a former girlfriend accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2021. CBS News congressional correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns has more from Portland.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A look at some candidates vying for Graham Platner&#8217;s Democratic nomination for Senate\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"description\":\"World News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"width\":581,\"height\":581,\"caption\":\"World News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\",\"name\":\"News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A look at some candidates vying for Graham Platner's Democratic nomination for Senate - World News","description":"Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner told his staff he will not file paperwork to officially withdraw from his race until Monday, the last day to do so. Platner said he was dropping out on Wednesday night, days after a former girlfriend accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2021. CBS News congressional correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns has more from Portland.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A look at some candidates vying for Graham Platner's Democratic nomination for Senate - World News","og_description":"Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner told his staff he will not file paperwork to officially withdraw from his race until Monday, the last day to do so. Platner said he was dropping out on Wednesday night, days after a former girlfriend accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2021. CBS News congressional correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns has more from Portland.","og_url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/","og_site_name":"World News","article_published_time":"2026-07-10T07:35:19+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""},{"url":"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg","width":1920,"height":998,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"News"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/"},"author":{"name":"News","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2"},"headline":"A look at some candidates vying for Graham Platner&#8217;s Democratic nomination for Senate","datePublished":"2026-07-10T07:35:19+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-10T07:35:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/"},"wordCount":76,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","keywords":["Democratic Party","Graham Platner"],"articleSection":["Top Stories"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/","name":"A look at some candidates vying for Graham Platner's Democratic nomination for Senate - World News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","datePublished":"2026-07-10T07:35:19+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-10T07:35:19+00:00","description":"Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner told his staff he will not file paperwork to officially withdraw from his race until Monday, the last day to do so. Platner said he was dropping out on Wednesday night, days after a former girlfriend accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2021. CBS News congressional correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns has more from Portland.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","width":1200,"height":630},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-look-at-some-candidates-vying-for-graham-platners-democratic-nomination-for-senate\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A look at some candidates vying for Graham Platner&#8217;s Democratic nomination for Senate"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","name":"World News","description":"World News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization","name":"World News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","width":581,"height":581,"caption":"World News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2","name":"News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","medium":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1","medium_large":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg?w=768&resize=768,0&ssl=1","large":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg?w=1024&resize=1024,1024&ssl=1","1536x1536":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg?w=1536&resize=1536,1536&ssl=1","2048x2048":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg?w=2048&resize=2048,2048&ssl=1","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg?w=392&resize=392,272&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg?w=390&resize=390,205&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg?w=130&resize=130,90&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg?w=800&resize=800,445&ssl=1","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg?w=1400&resize=1400,600&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg?w=1155&resize=1155,480&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg?w=600&resize=600,417&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg?w=285&resize=285,450&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg?w=575&resize=575,198&ssl=1"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"News","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":false,"magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner told his staff he will not file paperwork to officially withdraw from his race","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["Top Stories"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":2,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":1,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1",1200,630,false],"medium":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1",300,300,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/09\/455a6483-4561-4cda-8807-954eccebb13f\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/14bef271aee122b67a45a94ea6b20906\/cbsn-fusion-candidates-vying-graham-platners-position-thumbnail.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1",150,150,false]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"News","author_link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-32\">Top Stories<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}