Ben Chin with the Maine People's Alliance will become U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner's new campaign manager.

Chin is the deputy director of the Maine People's Alliance, a progressive advocacy group with deep roots in Maine politics.

He joins a campaign that has generated significant interest nationally and in Maine as Platner continues to draw big crowds to his series of town hall events in his bid to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins.

Chin is also arriving at a time when Platner's campaign has been beset by staff upheaval and controversy.

He'll replace Kevin Brown, a congressional campaign veteran who left after less than a week when he learned that his wife was pregnant. Platner's finance director and political director have also departed in recent weeks. Genevieve McDonald,

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