What Dan Pfeiffer has said about 2026 United States Senate election in Maine

Pfeiffer believes Democrats still have a real chance to win the Maine Senate race if it becomes about Susan Collins.

“I still think we have a very real shot to win this race. I really do”

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Pfeiffer described Platner's withdrawal video as Trumpian, built on conspiracy theories, denial and self-focus.

“This video is Trumpian in its nature. It is conspiracy theories. It's denial. It's making it entirely about himself”

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Pfeiffer argued the delegate convention, though messy, is the best available process for inclusion and transparency.

“Now, this is probably the best process if you want to involve as many people as possible and have the most transparency”

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Pfeiffer said his misjudgment of Platner stemmed from a bias toward outsider candidates.

“if I have a bias or you can even say a blind spot in politics, it's for outsider candidates”

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Pfeiffer maintained that although Platner was the wrong choice, he was right that Janet Mills was the wrong candidate.

“Not that Plattner was the right person. Obviously, he was not. But that Janet Mills was the wrong candidate”

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Pfeiffer argued Democrats should frame the race around a Collins vote empowering Trump to pick Supreme Court justices.

“a vote for her is a vote to let Donald Trump pick two more Supreme Court justices”

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Pfeiffer argues anti-Collins ads should focus on her ties to Trump rather than corruption, since voters rate her character highly.

“there should never be an ad run that is not Susan Collins standing in the Oval Office holding that MAGA hat”

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Pfeiffer says his bigger worry is that voters see Platner as more extreme than Collins.

“The thing that I worry more than the character and stuff and the moral stuff is that Platner is seen as more extreme than Susan Collins”

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Pfeiffer argued Janet Mills paid a political price for the Democratic establishment's defense of Joe Biden.

“a 78 year old establishment politician endorsed by the same establishment politicians who told everyone that Joe Biden was good to go”

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Pfeiffer said Democrats have no path to a Senate majority without winning Maine.

“Susan Collins, there is no path to the majority without this. without Maine, like we absolutely have to win Maine”

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