Lefty Senate candidate Graham Platner reportedly sexted numerous women on hookup app Kik — and wife flagged it to campaign
Senate candidate Graham Platner has been accused of sexting multiple women on the hookup app Kik. His wife alerted campaign staff after discovering explicit messages in 2025. Platner, who has a controversial tattoo linked to Nazi symbolism, claimed ignorance about its meaning.
- ▪Graham Platner reportedly had a Kik account where he sexted numerous women.
- ▪His wife discovered the messages in late spring 2025 and informed campaign aides.
- ▪Platner has a tattoo associated with Nazi symbolism, which he claimed he did not understand when he got it.
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- ▪ Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner created suggestive profile on hookup app KiK — The Washington Times
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Politics exclusive photos Lefty Senate candidate Graham Platner reportedly sexted numerous women on hookup app Kik — and wife flagged it to campaign By David Spector Published May 30, 2026, 5:57 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Nazi-tattoo sporting lefty Senate candidate Graham Platner’s had an account on the casual sex hookup app Kik and was reportedly caught sexting with numerous women – with photos from that profile obtained by The Post. Platner, who once boasted of his “flexible moral compass” regarding cheating on one’s wife in a 2019 Reddit post, had a Kik account named phustle0331, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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