Will the controversy surrounding Platner deter primary voters?

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  Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

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  I'm Ashley Lopez.

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  I cover politics.

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  And I'm Tamara Keith, senior political correspondent.

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  And Maine Public's Kevin Miller is back with us today.

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  Hi, Kevin.

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  Hi, how are you?

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  All right.

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  So today on the show, Maine has a primary tomorrow.

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  Democrats are hoping to flip the Senate seat there in November to unseat longtime Republican Senator Susan Collins.

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  But Kevin, the frontrunner in this race, Graham Plattner, has had a rough couple of weeks.

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  Can you give us a quick recap of what's been going on?

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  Yes.

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  So Plattner has been sort of, I'd say, shrouded in controversy since last fall.

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  I think people may remember the stories about his insensitive comments

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  on Reddit a few years ago about women and minorities and rural voters.

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