Graham Platner was voted “Most Likely to Start a Revolution” by his high school peers in 2003, but he made no political waves until this past week.

That was when the 40-year-old oyster farmer and Marine veteran announced Tuesday his bid to join the Democratic field hoping to unseat U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, in 2026. The launch video featuring Platner standing at the helm of a boat, doing kettlebell swings and criticizing billionaires in stark language has gotten millions of views on social media sites.

His rise from harbor master and planning board chair in the Hancock County town of Sullivan to a buzzy insurgent candidate in one of the biggest races on next year’s Senate map happened over about a month. It was part of a union effort to find a Democrat who can appeal to wor

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