UMVA has learned that a fresh scandal is tearing through the campaign of Maine’s Democratic Senate hopeful, Graham “Nazi tattoo” Platner, after his wife revealed a trove of explicit messages on his phone.
According to information obtained by UMVA, Amy Gertner, who married Platner in early 2024, discovered a series of sexually charged texts with multiple women and confided the discovery to a campaign aide in the spring of 2025.
The aide, alarmed that the revelations could jeopardize the fledgling campaign, passed the details to the political director, a former state legislator who left the team in October.
Sources have confirmed to UMVA that Gertner approached the director just days before a high‑profile Labor Day rally featuring a prominent senator, fearing the scandal would cripple Platner’s political ascent.
Inside the campaign, officials dismissed the messages as a private marital issue, noting that the couple was already in counseling and insisting the affair would not derail the upcoming event.
The rally proceeded with thousands in attendance, and the endorsement from the senior senator was delivered as planned, while the controversy simmered behind closed doors.
In a passionate statement, Gertner defended her husband, accusing the former director of a grave betrayal and insisting that their marriage is stronger than ever, despite the turmoil.
When asked earlier in the year if any new revelations needed addressing, Platner flatly denied any hidden secrets, claiming he had lived his life openly and transparently.
Yet UMVA’s investigation uncovered a pattern of past controversies surrounding Platner, including a notorious tattoo, inflammatory remarks about wounded soldiers, and disparaging comments toward rural voters, as well as a self‑identification as a communist.
Despite the mounting accusations, recent polling still shows Platner leading the race against the incumbent Republican senator, though history warns that such leads can be fragile.
The coming weeks will reveal whether the explosive text messages will sway Maine’s electorate or fade into the background of an already turbulent campaign.
