Graham Platner

On the record

Party

Democratic¹

On the ballot

U.S. Senate, Maine (2026)¹

Where they stand

In their own words, from their website. We summarize each position in one line; the quote is exact.

• Economy and jobs

  Wants to invest in addiction treatment and prevention using cannabis revenue.

  “With the newfound revenues from legal cannabis, we need to seriously invest in addiction treatment and prevention.”²

• Economy and jobs

  Wants cannabis legalization to benefit small businesses, not large corporations.

  “Cannabis legalization should benefit locally owned small business, not multi-national conglomerates.”²

• Economy and jobs

  Wants to protect the Post Office from private profit and reverse processing delays.

  “I will protect it from all those who want to gut it for private profit, and reverse the shameful delays in processing time brought on by decades of underfunding.”²

• Economy and jobs

  Wants to pass the Postal Banking Act to provide financial support.

  “I will work to pass the Postal Banking Act, which would give Americans a vital financial lifeline.”²

• Taxes

  Wants to end tax cuts for billionaires that occurred under Reagan, Bush, and Trump administrations.

  “American billionaires receive an enormous tax cut about once every ten years: under Reagan, under Bush, under Trump, and then under Trump, again.”³

• Taxes

  Believes that a wealth tax on the ultra-rich is necessary to address wealth concentration.

  “It is long past time for a reasonable direct tax on extreme wealth. We must pass such a tax in America.”³

• Taxes

  Supports a 5-6% tax on wealth over one billion dollars.

  “We must pass such a tax in America. - A WEALTH TAX ON THE ULTRA-RICH Reasonable proposals call for a 5-6% tax on wealth over one billion dollars, which alone could raise over $4.4 trillion.”³

• Taxes

  Wants to tax capital gains and dividends at the same rate as wages.

  “A paycheck and a portfolio should be taxed the same. By treating capital gains and dividends like wages, we take the single most direct step toward closing the work-wealth gap.”³

• Taxes

  Supports a “cost of living exemption” from federal income tax up to a reasonable threshold for working- and middle-class Americans.

  “If we tax millionaires and billionaires at fair levels, we can provide a “cost of living exemption” from federal income tax up to a reasonable threshold for working- and middle-class Americans reflecting the cost of living.”³

• Taxes

  Wants to end the “Buy-Borrow-Die” strategy used by the wealthy to avoid estate taxes.

  “The era of “Buy-Borrow-Die” and the tax-free transfer of massive estates must end.”³

• Education

  Wants to increase public investment in childcare for children under 6.

  “We have parents being driven into poverty and out of the workforce by insane childcare costs. Children under 6 need the same level of public investment and support as those over 6.”²

• Foreign policy

  Opposes sending Americans into pointless wars.

  “I will never, ever vote to send Americans into a pointless war.”²

• Housing

  Wants to ensure veterans have housing when they return home.

  “How can we call ourselves the greatest nation on Earth when tens of thousands of veterans are sleeping on the streets tonight?”²

• Elections and voting

  Supports term limits for Congressional representatives.

  “I will support strong term limits for all Congressional representatives – two terms in the Senate, six terms in the House.”²

• Civil rights

  Wants to ensure Americans with disabilities have access to healthcare, jobs, voting, and independent living.

  “Americans with disabilities deserve access to the same services afforded to me by the VA as a disabled veteran.”²

• Civil rights

  Opposes cuts to Medicaid that disproportionately affect Americans with disabilities.

  “We know that the Trump administration’s assault on Medicaid disproportionally affects Americans with disabilities. I will always fight to defend Medicaid so that people with disabilities can continue accessing the care and services they’ve had their entire lives.”²

• Military and veterans

  Wants to redirect funds from defense contractors to close the shipbuilding gap.

  “We need to take the funds currently paying for mansions in Virginia and Maryland for defense contractors, and reinvest them into closing the massive shipbuilding gap.”²

• Military and veterans

  Wants to ensure military personnel receive a fair wage.

  “Men and women in our armed forces often make far less than they would as a civilian. We have people serving in our armed forces, people who may one day be asked to make the ultimate sacrifice, making poverty wages.”²

• Military and veterans

  Wants to increase pay for rank-and-file military personnel.

  “If we are serious about addressing the recruitment crisis, we will take some money out of these ungodly contractor and bureaucrat salaries, and pay the rank and file a fair wage.”²

• Military and veterans

  Opposes cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

  “Susan Collins stood shoulder to shoulder with Elon Musk while he slashed the Department of Veterans Affairs.”²

• Military and veterans

  Wants to ensure veterans have job training, career opportunities, and stability.

  “If you put on that uniform, then this country owes you a lifetime of respect and support. That means real job training, real career opportunities, and real pathways to stability when you come home.”²

• Drugs and addiction

  Supports legalization of cannabis and clemency for those impacted by drug laws.

  “of cannabis, along with clemency for those caught up in the dragnet of the war on drugs.”²

Money: U.S. Senate, Maine (2026)

As reported to the Federal Election Commission, through June 30, 2026.¹

• From individuals $20.7M
• From PACs and other committees $272K
• From party committees $63K
• Other (transfers, loans, refunds) $49K

Gifts from people, by size⁴

Small gifts under $200 against the largest checks. People can give up to $3,500 per election.

• Under $200 68%
• $200–$499 6%
• $500–$999 6%
• $1,000–$1,999 7%
• $2,000 and up 14%

Top PACs and committees giving directly⁵

Outside groups spending in this race⁶

Groups that spent money about this candidate without working with the campaign.

Individual donors

• $8.6M from 50,134 itemized gifts⁷
• 23% came from people in Maine⁷
• 6% came from retired people⁷
• Top states: Maine $2.0M, California $1.2M, New York $1.1M, Massachusetts $858K, Washington $269K⁷

Where donors work⁷

Employers as donors wrote them on the form. These are gifts from people who work there, not from the companies.