PLATNER, GRAHAM Challenger

· ME Senate (Senate)

8.3

Influence Score · 2026

Substantially backed

Non-incumbent — only contributions, independent expenditures, and dark-money exposure are scored. Lobbying, vote alignment, bundle timing, and trade direction require committee assignments and roll-call records, neither of which exist for a non-sitting candidate. Maximum reachable score is about 23, on a challenger-only scale — incumbents are scored 0–100 across all twelve axes, so the two are not directly comparable. See methodology.

Score components

Axis	Raw	Normalized (pts)	Coverage
Direct contributions	$4.03M	8.00	2026 cycle, principal committee
Outside spending — direct support	$51K	—	PACs that directly supported this candidate
Outside spending — indirect (OPPOSE against opponents)	$13K	—	OPPOSE spending against opponents in the same race, attributed proportionally
Outside spending — OPPOSE against this candidate	$4.00M	—	PACs that spent to defeat this candidate (not scored on this axis)
Total outside spending in favor	$64K	0.34	direct + indirect — drives the outside-spending axis
Lobbying exposure	—	—	Requires committee assignment
Vote alignment	—	—	Requires voting record
Contribution timing — money arriving near key votes	—	—	Requires recorded-vote calendar
Dark-money exposure	0.0000	0.00	Disclosed-vs-dark outside spending share
Personal trade direction	—	—	Requires STOCK Act filings

Race matchup ME Senate

Candidate	Party	Status	Direct $	Outside $	Score	Tier
COLLINS, SUSAN M.	REP	Inc.	$1.20M	$4.22M	66.3	Most exposed
MILLS, JANET TRAFTON	DEM	Chal.	$3.42M	$1.35M	9.6	Substantially backed
PLATNER, GRAHAM	DEM	Chal.	$4.03M	$64K	8.3	Substantially backed
WOOD, JORDAN	DEM	Chal.	$0	$1.35M	1.6	Lightly backed

Challenger and open-seat scores reflect contributions, outside spending, and dark-money exposure only — a maximum of about 23. They are not directly comparable to incumbent scores, which run 0–100 across all twelve axes. Compare the dollar columns (Direct $, Outside $) for a like-for-like view.