00:00Controversial oyster farmer turned Maine Senate candidate Graham Plattner is officially headed
00:04to the general election this November, squaring up against Republican incumbent Susan Collins.
00:09Tuesday's primary was largely seen as a formality, given the other big name in the race,
00:13Maine's Democratic Governor Janet Mills, dropped out back in April. Her name was still on the
00:17ballot, though again that too was just a formality, but it is important. While Plattner was able to
00:22win his party's nomination, the protest vote that went to Mills will be crucial to watch as the vote
00:28totals are certified. Plattner now faces five-term Senator Susan Collins, who seems to always find
00:34a way to win even when polls show her down. In her last re-election bid, they underestimated her by
00:39double digits. So much for that, she is the sitting senator five times running. We'll have to wait to
00:44see if Plattner's numerous scandals, including a Nazi tattoo, accusations of mistreating women,
00:49and weird Reddit posts that range from off-color to straight-up offensive will be enough to turn
00:56off general election voters. Meanwhile, out West, Republican candidate for California Governor
01:00Steve Hilton has advanced to the general election, where he will face Democrat Javier Becerra.
01:06Hilton, a former Fox News host, had nearly 25 percent of the vote Tuesday, which is enough to
01:11send him through to November. But he has got his work cut out for him in reliably blue California.
01:17Becerra is a former congressman, California attorney general,
01:20and health and human services secretary under President Joe Biden.
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