2026 Congressional Elections

[pfife]

38 minutes ago, GalagaGuy said:

  I get it though, you like the dude who had the Nazi tattoo for 20 years and claims he didn't know it was a Nazi tattoo. 

Oops you got caught lying about me.  Denounced in October 2025.  Receipts:  

so if you are willing to lie to me about me, and lie to me about what you posted, youre probably totally cool with lying to me about the VA system as well.  

Im sorry you soiiled what little credibility you had. 

[GalagaGuy]

We'll talk again once you prove to have even a basic understanding of the VA disability program.  

[pfife]

Nah hoss we will talk when I decide I want to hear from a proven liar.

[romad1]

5 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

so by the numbers: in 2020 Gideon got 72% of the a democratic primary vote total of 162K, or 116K votes

Collins got 87K votes out of 88.5K cast

in 2026 with 93% in, Platner got 72% of a democratic primary vote total. The total is est to be 222K so Platner's 72% would be 158K votes

There is no tally on the GOP side as Collins was unopposed this time.

The population of Maine is only 4% higher than it was in 2020.

So Platner got 42K more votes than Gideon did (FWIW - Gideon lost the general in 2020 by 70K)

Unfortunately since Collins' vote wasn't totalled we don't know if the larger Dem turnout was 'new voters' or ex-Collins voters changing sides  or even GOP leaning independents voting for Platner because they think he was the weaker candidate against Collins. (Independents in Maine could vote in either primary).

 

2020 Collins had the help of a 5% independent vote for Lisa Savage to dilute Gideon's vote.   I would guess the Platner campaign will have to deal with something like that this time because the GOP has a lot of money to spend on such electioneering.  

I think based on the fact that this is not a Presidential year that Platner has the advantage that the low-intensity lean-GOP voters who come out in Presidential elections who won't.  

 

[Motown Bombers]

7 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

If there were issues around this and Mills's team didn't bother to run it down or sat on it, she's as incompetent as Platner may be toxic.

No, they weren’t going to damage a Democrat in the primary. The naivety about this guy is astounding. 

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, Motown Bombers said:

No, they weren’t going to damage a Democrat in the primary. The naivety about this guy is astounding. 

what does that mean other than Mills had no heart for a race? If they lose this seat it will go down a total cluster* by Mills and Schumer to recruit her when she clearly prefers stay put as Gov and was never going to DC unless she was annointed. A sitting Gov who doesn't pull 30% of her own party's voters? That's a royal screw-up.The geriatric dems remain their own worst enemy.

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[GalagaGuy]

Found another Reddit post from our favorite Nazi where he says he's at 90% disability for his TBI and mental health.  That means he would have to either have 70% & 70% or 70% & 50%.  Usually TBI and MH would be combined into one rating, but it is possible to separate them.   I also found another post where he says he had to appeal his back issues so apparently that rating came later.  Even a 40% rating for his back wouldn't be enough to hit 100% so there would also have to be some joint or nerve issues sprinkled in.  

So there we have it, aside from being a racist Nazi who abuses women, he also has a brain injury and mental health issues.  

Absolutely hilarious that this is the guy Bernie, AOC, Warren and others rallied behind. 

[Motown Bombers]

55 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

what does that mean other than Mills had no heart for a race? If they lose this seat it will go down a total cluster* by Mills and Schumer to recruit her when she clearly prefers stay put as Gov and was never going to DC unless she was annointed. A sitting Gov who doesn't pull 30% of her own party's voters? That's a royal screw-up.The geriatric dems remain their own worst enemy.

It means that Dems aren’t going to release their full oppo in the primary because they don’t want to damage their candidate before the election. This isn’t exclusive to Mills or Schumer. Your naivety and support for a Nazi is frankly shocking. 

[Motown Bombers]

The irony here is the geriatric Dems support Platner like Sanders, Warren and Markey. Weird how no one is saying Markey is too old to run. No one is forcing Sanders and Warren to step aside. 

[chasfh]

If Platner is frauding the system and there's evidence of that fraud, it should come out and he should be made to pay the price. If he's not frauding the system, if he is being allowed by the VA to claim disability even if he is not disabled by other, even more accepted definitions, then that is the the system's fault and it needs to be reformed. But if the VA has listed qualifications for disability under which Platner qualifies, then he has a right to take the disability and there is no fraud or scam, by definition. 

Edited 25 minutes ago by chasfh

[romad1]

13 minutes ago, chasfh said:

If Platner is frauding the system and there's evidence of that fraud, it should come out and he should be made to pay the price. If he's not frauding the system, if he is being allowed by the VA to claim disability even if he is not disabled by other, even more accepted definitions, then that is the the system's fault and it needs to be reformed. But if the VA has listed qualifications for disability under which Platner qualifies, then he has a right to take the disability and there is no fraud or scam, by definition. 

TBI from an IED explosion seems fairly 100%ish to me.  

Every other vet I meet brags about their 10% for loss of hearing or what not they are getting. I never even considered it, I wouldn't want to look a Tammy Duckworth in the face for doing that. 

[GalagaGuy]

[GalagaGuy]

And for fun, here's the criteria for a 70% mental health rating. 

Occupational and social impairment, with deficiencies in most areas, such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood, due to such symptoms as: suicidal ideation; obsessional rituals which interfere with routine activities; speech intermittently illogical, obscure, or irrelevant; near-continuous panic or depression affecting the ability to function independently, appropriately and effectively; impaired impulse control (such as unprovoked irritability with periods of violence); spatial disorientation; neglect of personal appearance and hygiene; difficulty in adapting to stressful circumstances (including work or a worklike setting); inability to establish and maintain effective relationships.