Reports: Platner's wife told campaign staff he sent sexual messages to other women
Key takeaways
- Gertner reportedly shared this information with the staffer days before a major Labor Day rally with Sen.
- It s no one s f–ing business what happened in Graham & Amy s marriage before he was ever a candidate for office, Graham strategist Morris Katz wrote on the social platform X Saturday.
- The couple have been married since November 2023.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
Link copied by Finya Swai - 05/30/26 5:19 PM ET Link copied NOW PLAYING The wife of Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner (D) alerted campaign staff last year that he had exchanged sexually explicit messages with other women, according to reports.
The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal on Saturday reported that his wife Amy Gertner told former senior campaign staffer Genevieve Mc Donald about sexually explicit messages she had discovered on his phone early in their marriage.
Gertner reportedly shared this information with the staffer days before a major Labor Day rally with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), warning that the behavior could be a political liability.