{"id":196,"name":"Graham Platner","first_name":"GRAHAM","last_name":"PLATNER","middle_name":null,"suffix":null,"bioguide_id":null,"fec_candidate_id":"S6ME00373","ocd_person_id":null,"govtrack_id":null,"opensecrets_id":null,"votesmart_id":null,"office_id":1,"party":"Democrat","status":"candidate","photo_url":null,"website":null,"campaign_url":"https://WWW.GRAHAMFORSENATE.COM/","email":null,"phone":null,"social_twitter":null,"social_facebook":null,"social_instagram":null,"social_youtube":null,"state":"ME","district":"00","city":null,"assumed_office":null,"term_end":null,"born":null,"source":"fec","source_url":"https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/candidate/S6ME00373/","source_updated":"2026-08-22 08:00:29","first_seen":"2026-05-09 07:51:37","last_seen":"2026-06-19 11:24:36","created_at":"2026-05-09 07:51:37","updated_at":"2026-06-19 11:24:36","canonical_id":null,"fec_checked_at":"2026-09-12 06:42:51","contact_email":null,"contact_source_url":null,"contact_captured_at":null,"office_name":"U.S. Senator","level":"federal","branch":"legislative","office_chamber":"senate","positions":[{"topic":"Criminal Justice","stance":"of both parties taking Big Pharma checks and doing their bidding. I’ll put Mainers first, not the drug companies. I will end the shameful practice of subsidizing drug companies to the tune of billions","detail":"of both parties taking Big Pharma checks and doing their bidding. I’ll put Mainers first, not the drug companies. I will end the shameful practice of subsidizing drug companies to the tune of billions of dollars of public money, while allowing those companies to then turn around and gouge Americans for drugs funded with public resources. Read Graham’s comprehensive plan here . Support Small Business – Break Up the Monopolies Small business, in Maine and beyond, has entered a new period of crisis. While COVID accelerated the process of mass small business closures, this trend has been going","source_url":"https://WWW.GRAHAMFORSENATE.COM/platform","source_date":"2026-07-14"},{"topic":"Healthcare","stance":"dream of dismantling them for private gain for a very few. I will oppose ANY cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, and work to pass improved Medicare for ALL. Protect Social Security – before it goes bankrup","detail":"dream of dismantling them for private gain for a very few. I will oppose ANY cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, and work to pass improved Medicare for ALL. Protect Social Security – before it goes bankrupt Social Security has been under steady assault by politicians for decades, and we are nearing a breaking point. Lifting the payroll tax cap would make Social Security solvent for decades to come, while allowing for COLA increases. It’s long past time to protect Social Security for future generations. End Billionaire Welfare, Pass a Cost-of-Living Tax Cut We have an absurd system where you and","source_url":"https://www.grahamforsenate.com/platform","source_date":"2026-07-05"},{"topic":"Immigration","stance":"wrong will be among my top priorities in the Senate. Stop the mass deportation machine; pass real immigration reform Our government is kidnapping people off the streets and imprisoning them in hellish","detail":"wrong will be among my top priorities in the Senate. Stop the mass deportation machine; pass real immigration reform Our government is kidnapping people off the streets and imprisoning them in hellish conditions. This is unconscionable. It is long past time for serious immigration reform. Unfortunately, many multi-national corporations have no interest in this. They want illegal workers with no rights who they can pay slave wages and abuse at will. I will support a path to citizenship and an end to the mass deportation machine. We need strong border security and a path to citizenship. We","source_url":"https://www.grahamforsenate.com/platform","source_date":"2026-07-05"},{"topic":"Climate","stance":"to citizenship. We cannot do one without the other. Defend our air, our water, our land and our climate Maine is a special place, and our way of life, our economy, and our future depends on preserving","detail":"to citizenship. We cannot do one without the other. Defend our air, our water, our land and our climate Maine is a special place, and our way of life, our economy, and our future depends on preserving it. In the Senate, I will fight for urgent action on climate change. We see it; we know it’s happening; and we know that without sustained action, everything is at risk. I will stand up against efforts to dismantle the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act. Moreover, as we’re seeing now, we need to significantly strengthen these pieces of legislation, so that enforcement against massive","source_url":"https://www.grahamforsenate.com/platform","source_date":"2026-07-05"},{"topic":"Education","stance":"schools At the tip of the assault on all things public: the endless attacks on public schools and teachers. The federal government has a critical role to play in ensuring every district has adequate s","detail":"schools At the tip of the assault on all things public: the endless attacks on public schools and teachers. The federal government has a critical role to play in ensuring every district has adequate support and resources to provide a quality education to every child in America. I will oppose any federal support for private school vouchers. Keep government out of our private lives; defend the right to choose Government intrusion and surveillance into every aspect of our lives should concern every American. The surveillance state has gone too far, and I will work to restore safeguards and","source_url":"https://www.grahamforsenate.com/platform","source_date":"2026-07-05"},{"topic":"National Security","stance":"spiraling costs. Healthcare is a basic human right — not a privilege, not a perk, a right. As a veteran, I’m fortunate to receive quality care through the VA. But Americans should not have to put on a","detail":"spiraling costs. Healthcare is a basic human right — not a privilege, not a perk, a right. As a veteran, I’m fortunate to receive quality care through the VA. But Americans should not have to put on a uniform or fight in misguided foreign wars just to get decent healthcare. Every single person in this country deserves good healthcare, no matter who you are. We have rural hospitals closing because of policy choices made by Republicans like Susan Collins. In the Senate, I will fight to fund our rural hospitals so that folks across Maine have access to the care they need. I will be a strong","source_url":"https://www.grahamforsenate.com/platform","source_date":"2026-07-05"},{"topic":"Agriculture","stance":"of policy choices made by Republicans like Susan Collins. In the Senate, I will fight to fund our rural hospitals so that folks across Maine have access to the care they need. I will be a strong suppo","detail":"of policy choices made by Republicans like Susan Collins. In the Senate, I will fight to fund our rural hospitals so that folks across Maine have access to the care they need. I will be a strong supporter of a Medicare for All system, moving away from the for-profit insurance system that has brought us nothing but grief. Americans pay more for prescription drugs than almost any other country on earth. That makes me deeply angry. When I’m in the Senate, I’ll stand up to corporate greed and fight to lower drug prices by empowering the government to negotiate drug costs, like almost every","source_url":"https://www.grahamforsenate.com/platform","source_date":"2026-07-05"},{"topic":"Housing","stance":"housing creation, and no longer do. We need to bring back serious federal support for building housing . The VA home loan program has provided a critical lifeline to many Americans. These home loans s","detail":"housing creation, and no longer do. We need to bring back serious federal support for building housing . The VA home loan program has provided a critical lifeline to many Americans. These home loans should be available to far more Americans, providing a critical lifeline. Ban hedge funds buying homes. I bought my house in 2017. If I hadn't, my wife and I would now be priced out of the town I grew up in, like the millions of Americans being exiled from their towns and cities. There is good legislation languishing to move our homes out of Wall Street's clutches, back into the hands of the","source_url":"https://www.grahamforsenate.com/platform","source_date":"2026-07-05"},{"topic":"Social Security","stance":"solvent for decades to come, while allowing for COLA increases. It’s long past time to protect Social Security for future generations. End Billionaire Welfare, Pass a Cost-of-Living Tax Cut We have an","detail":"solvent for decades to come, while allowing for COLA increases. It’s long past time to protect Social Security for future generations. End Billionaire Welfare, Pass a Cost-of-Living Tax Cut We have an absurd system where you and I pay a higher tax rate than the richest people in human history. We must pass a billionaire minimum tax , establishing a baseline tax rate that the super-rich cannot go under. This policy is extremely popular – but too often, we have elections between multiple candidates who refuse to support it. I will make this election a referendum over whether the richest","source_url":"https://www.grahamforsenate.com/platform","source_date":"2026-07-05"},{"topic":"Economy","stance":"GRAHAM’s Platform","detail":"Maine is becoming unaffordable for thousands and thousands of us. Why? Because we have a government by, of, and for billionaires, who are building a “billionaire economy” that none of us can afford. I'm not just running against Susan Collins: I’m running against the billionaire class that owns her and all of Washington. We should not settle for politicians who speak in vague generalities about policy. Here is where I stand. Most importantly, I want to hear from you, as this platform grows and develops. Please reach out to [email protected]<","source_url":"https://WWW.GRAHAMFORSENATE.COM/platform","source_date":"2026-06-16"},{"topic":"Technology","stance":"GRAHAM’s Platform","detail":"Maine is becoming unaffordable for thousands and thousands of us. Why? Because we have a government by, of, and for billionaires, who are building a “billionaire economy” that none of us can afford. I'm not just running against Susan Collins: I’m running against the billionaire class that owns her and all of Washington. We should not settle for politicians who speak in vague generalities about policy. Here is where I stand. Most importantly, I want to hear from you, as this platform grows and develops. Please reach out to [email protected]<","source_url":"https://WWW.GRAHAMFORSENATE.COM/platform","source_date":"2026-06-16"},{"topic":"Economy","stance":"GRAHAM’s Platform","detail":"Maine is becoming unaffordable for thousands and thousands of us. Why? Because we have a government by, of, and for billionaires, who are building a “billionaire economy” that none of us can afford. I'm not just running against Susan Collins: I’m running against the billionaire class that owns her and all of Washington. We should not settle for politicians who speak in vague generalities about policy. Here is where I stand. Most importantly, I want to hear from you, as this platform grows and develops. Please reach out to [email protected] with any thoughts or additions you might have, or to schedule a further conversation.","source_url":"https://grahamforsenate.com/platform","source_date":"2026-06-08"},{"topic":"Technology","stance":"GRAHAM’s Platform","detail":"Maine is becoming unaffordable for thousands and thousands of us. Why? Because we have a government by, of, and for billionaires, who are building a “billionaire economy” that none of us can afford. I'm not just running against Susan Collins: I’m running against the billionaire class that owns her and all of Washington. We should not settle for politicians who speak in vague generalities about policy. Here is where I stand. Most importantly, I want to hear from you, as this platform grows and develops. Please reach out to [email protected] with any thoughts or additions you might have, or to schedule a further conversation.","source_url":"https://grahamforsenate.com/platform","source_date":"2026-06-08"},{"topic":"Economy","stance":"GRAHAM’s Platform","detail":"Maine is becoming unaffordable for thousands and thousands of us. Why? Because we have a government by, of, and for billionaires, who are building a “billionaire economy” that none of us can afford. I'm not just running against Susan Collins: I’m running against the billionaire class that owns her and all of Washington. We should not settle for politicians who speak in vague generalities about policy. Here is where I stand. Most importantly, I want to hear from you, as this platform grows and develops. Please reach out to [email protected] with any thoughts or additions you might have, or to schedule a further conversation.