who came in third in the June governor's primary. He was a DNC member and superdelegate until he was term-limited out in December 2024. Plus he's still youngish (mid-fifties).

Personally, I think that any politician who continued to endorse and campaign alongside Platner after the first NYT story broke might want to take a seat for a bit and think about how and why they messed this one up so badly despite all the red flags.

Will they vote for him or sit out the general?

which doesn't bode well.

in that the party's state committee can decide whether to use a convention, state committee vote, caucus, or another method permitted by its bylaws. That's my understanding of it.

For another six years. Reminds me of what they did to Biden when they appointed Harris as the candidate. This may cost the Dems control of the Senate. Oh well, at least I got live in a Democracy for 60 years. It was nice but I am too old to relocate.

not in a DSA primary

When I asked about the DSA's identity, I asked if it was separate under the umbrella of the Democratic Party.

It is a legitimate question because it remains unclear whether the DSA identifies itself as a left wing within the party or considers itself a separate entity that needs to temporarily latch onto an existing party but only until it is strong enough to either be completely independent or to just remake the Dem party.

Sanders is both a DSA and an Independent. So he is not a Dem, but caucuses with Dems. He ran in the 2016 Dem presidential primaries, but identified himself as DSA.

The DSA has its own separate platform.

So the DSA does sound like a separate party that uses the structure and organization of the Dems to launch itself. If that's not the case, then maybe a spokesperson for the movement could clarify it for the general public because I know that I am not the only person who wants clarification.

Regarding Platner, the state party in Maine apparently allowed Platner to run as a Dem. The voters in Maine chose him. The party could choose another DSA In keeping with the voters' choice. If they choose an establishment Dem, they run the risk of losing all or most of Platner's followers.