More than half of Senate Democrats have urged Platner to drop out

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More than half of the Senate Democratic caucus has called for Graham Platner to drop out of the Maine Senate race, less than 24 hours after POLITICO reported that a woman the oysterman once dated had accused him of sexual assault.

Platner called the claim “false.”

Most Democrats previously stuck by Platner even as his beleaguered campaign battled scandal after scandal in recent months. By Tuesday, the tide had turned firmly against Platner, with 31 of the Senate’s 47 Democratic senators calling for him to drop out as of early Tuesday afternoon.

The revolt included some top former allies who