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What comes next for the Platner campaign — and for Democrats

NPR | By Tyler Bartlam,

Scott Detrow, Patrick Jarenwattananon

Published July 7, 2026 at 3:56 PM CDT

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Adam Jentleson, a Democratic strategist and the founder and president of the liberal think tank the Searchlight Institute, about where Graham Platner goes from here.

Tyler Bartlam

Scott Detrow

Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.

Patrick Jarenwattananon