Stephen King hopes Graham Platner will stay in the Maine race amid controversy
The Maine Democratic Party is urging Platner to drop out of the Senate race after the new allegations
Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is facing serious charges of sexual assault against ex-girlfriend Jenny Racicot. Platner denies the claims, saying “any allegations of unconscionable behavior are patently false.” The dispute led Congressman Ro Khanna to withdraw his endorsement and ask Platner to step down on July 13 to replace him.
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Maine libertarian and popular author Stephen King is siding with Democratic U.S. Senate challenger Graham Platner on Monday amid growing calls for him to drop out of the race.
The political situation was shaken on Monday after allegations of sexual harassment against Platner surfaced. Jenny Racicot, one of those who used to work with Platner, said to Politico that he entered her home drunk in 2021 and raped her. Platner has denied the allegations.
While Platner’s future in the Maine Senate race is hanging in the balance, the “The Shining” and “It” icon creator is hopeful that he won’t give up.
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Graham Platner is facing allegations that he forced a woman to sleep with him in 2021. (CJ Gunther/Getty Images)
“Graham Platner may resign. (I hope he doesn’t, though.) Meanwhile, the Great Tormentor just keeps going,” King wrote in X. The author, an outspoken Trump critic, was referring to various allegations of sexual misconduct against the president, which he has long denied.
In the next text of X, King added, “Tell me that—if you knew the whole truth about everyone in the Senate and the House of Lords, those chambers would be dead empty. Jesus said, ‘Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.’
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Freedom writer Stephen King criticized US Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Friday. (Getty Images)
Conservative critics decried King’s heated take.
“You hope not?? WTH is wrong with you?” Washington Post columnist and Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen wrote in response to King.
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“We all hope not!” New York Post writer Karol Markowicz wrote on X.
“I love it when people show you who they are,” wrote Fusilli Spock.
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Graham Platner and his wife Amy Gertner wave to supporters as they arrive at Platner’s primary election event in Blue Hill, Maine, on June 9, 2026. (CJ Gunther/Getty Images)
Many speculated that Platner’s exit from the Senate race was imminent, although he pledged to withdraw in a video address in response to the allegations.
“So, regardless of the accuracy of the report, but keeping in mind the political reality that will be delivered, we are taking the time to look at the best way for the country that I love, the people that I love, the movement that I am a part of, and the goal of defeating Susan Collins,” Platner said in the video. “Those were the goals when we launched this campaign, and they are still my goals today.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Platner’s campaign about King’s comments.
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