This means he can be replaced with another Democrat

Per the NYT

Graham Platner can be replaced as the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine if he withdraws from the race by next Monday, and state law would then give the state Democratic Party until July 27 to name a replacement.

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    2 days ago

    Those are not vague statistics just because you don’t believe that rape happens at the levels that it does.

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      They rely on self-reporting by nature of “x% goes unreported.” Where else is that data coming from? If you think there isn’t a single false case that gets included in that, then I have a bridge to sell you.

      And it’s vague because it has no bearing on the case in question.