The new campaign manager for progressive Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is stepping down after less than a week in the role.

Kevin Brown, who began the role last week, is the latest staffer to leave the Platner campaign, which became riddled with controversy after the resignation of its political director, Genevieve McDonald.

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Platner, an oyster farmer and Marine veteran, gained an early national platform for his campaign after garnering excitement from voters who resonated with his political-outsider, working-class message and notching endorsements from

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