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Graham Platner, an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran and oyster farmer from Maine, has launched a Democratic primary campaign to challenge Republican Senator Susan Collins, focusing on issues like healthcare, housing, and ending foreign wars, amid a growing field of candidates and political tensions in Maine.
Super Tuesday primaries are underway in 16 states and one territory, with President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump winning their respective primaries in North Carolina. Exit polls show a significant portion of GOP primary voters in North Carolina and Virginia would consider Trump fit for the presidency if convicted of a crime, and a majority of North Carolina GOP voters baselessly deny the legitimacy of Biden's 2020 election win. Nikki Haley's Republican presidential campaign is focused on Super Tuesday, while Biden remains undefeated with wins in North Carolina, Virginia, and Iowa.
Governor Maura Healey is set to lead a call to support a write-in campaign for President Biden in the New Hampshire primary, as the state faces a feud with the DNC over primary scheduling. The campaign, which includes a super PAC and national advisory board members like Senator Elizabeth Warren, aims to mobilize volunteers and encourage voters to write in Biden's name on January 23. This move comes despite New Hampshire's defiance of the DNC's revised primary calendar, which could lead to penalties such as non-recognition of delegates. Nearly two-thirds of likely Democratic primary voters in New Hampshire have expressed intentions to write in Biden, according to a survey.