Amid serious allegations, what's next for Graham Platner's Senate campaign?

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US Senate candidate Graham Platner's campaign has been thrown into chaos. On Monday, Politico reported an allegation of sexual assault from Platner's former girlfriend. Platner has denied the claim. The accusations have led to cratering support from prominent Democrats for his candidacy, in a race that is important for Democrats' ambitions to take back the Senate in November. What's next for Platner and this key Senate race? For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for C onsider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org . Email us at considerthis@npr.org . This episode was produced by Tyler Bartlam and Karen Zamora, with audio engineering by Ted Mebane. Our director is Jonas…