US EditionGraham Platner, Maine Democratic Candidate, Loses Another Top Campaign Official
Ronald Holmes cited misaligned professional standards amid campaign controversies, marking the third staff resignation in two weeks from Graham Platner’s Maine Senate race.
- Ronald Holmes III said in a LinkedIn post on Friday he resigned as national finance director for Graham Platner's campaign effective immediately.
- In recent weeks, Platner's campaign has been hampered by deleted Reddit posts that led Maine political director Genevieve McDonald, a former state lawmaker, to resign.
- Holmes said, `I joined this campaign because I believed in building something different...`, and the campaign appreciated his outreach to big-dollar donors, with nearly 90% of funds from small-dollar and online donors.
- Holmes' exit makes him the third staffer to leave in two weeks, adding turbulence to Platner's insurgent bid against Sen. Susan Collins despite Sen. Bernie Sanders' continued support.
- A recent poll found Platner at 58% to Mills' 24%, and he is one of nearly a dozen Democratic candidates challenging Sen. Susan Collins in 2026.
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Graham Platner, Maine Democratic candidate, loses another top campaign official
Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner has lost another top campaign official after a series of controversies centering around old social media comments and an alleged Nazi-linked tattoo derailed his campaign’s momentum. Ronald Holmes, Platner’s national finance director, resigned from his position on the campaign “effective immediately” Friday in an announcement posted to LinkedIn. “I…
Finance Chief Quits Graham Platner Campaign, "Citing Differences in Standards" as Internal Turmoil Deepens
The national finance director for U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner has resigned, citing “differences in professional standards” with the campaign, according to a letter obtained by the Press Herald. Ronald Holmes III, who served as finance director for the “Graham for Maine” campaign, announced his resignation in an Oct. 31 letter. He wrote that he [...] The post Finance Chief Quits Graham Platner Campaign, “Citing Differences in Standards” …
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Graham Platner’s finance director resigns, citing differences in ‘professional standards’
Ronald Holmes said he 'began to feel that my professional standards as a campaign professional no longer fully aligned with those of the campaign.'
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