Graham Platner Allegedly Sent Sexually Explicit Texts to Women, Had Profile on Kik Messaging App

Maine Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner’s wife admitted to his campaign that he had sent sexually explicit texts to women early in their marriage, according to multiple reports.

“People familiar with the matter” told the Wall Street Journal that Platner’s wife, Amy Gertner, reportedly shared with an aide in August that she had found the sexually explicit messages “early in their marriage in the spring of 2025.”

The wife of the Maine’s Democratic Senate candidate disclosed the texts between Platner and other women to his campaign. https://t.co/WmTAV5ihTe

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) May 30, 2026

Gertner’s admission to sending the messages came as “some aides were conducting opposition research on their own candidate.” The aides’ opposition research on Platner came as “the campaign had been preparing for a major rally” with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), according to the outlet.

A campaign official explained that “Aides ultimately decided the texts were a private matter that was being handled by the couple in marriage counseling.”

Gertner explained in a statement that she had thought “She was confiding in an aide she considered a friend,” adding that she and her husband “did the hard work that marriage requires.” (Read more from “Graham Platner Allegedly Sent Sexually Explicit Texts to Women, Had Profile on Kik Messaging App” HERE)