Far-left Democrats are seeking to export Zohran Mamdani's policies across the country, says Maine GOP director Jason Savage. (Deirdre Heavey/Fox News Digital)
"What we're seeing here is the exporting of the Mamdani ideology to the state of Maine because they think that they can gain ground in a small state where things aren't as expensive," he added.
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"You can look through Graham Platner's donor history, and you can see that he donated to Harris for President, Bernie Sanders, Ilhan Omar," he continued, arguing that far-left candidates are a major threat to the Democratic Party.
Platner's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
"If common-sense Democrats, and then the leadership like [Sen.] Chuck Schumer don't do something and say that isn't the future of our party, then they're gonna run in a bunch of these races. and we're gonna beat them," he said.
Savage argued that the Democratic Party's embracing of the far-left is a "double-edged sword." He said Democratic candidates can't succeed without the "extreme wing" of the party, and now "they've created a monster that they don't have the ability to control."
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is facing a wide pool of Democratic challengers in her upcoming re-election bid. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Republicans currently control the majority of the Senate by a 53-47 margin. Democrats would need to flip four seats in the 2026 midterm elections to take the majority.
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A spokesperson for Collins told Fox News Digital that Platner is "just another progressive entering the race."
Fox News' Pilar Arias contributed to this report
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