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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani called on Graham Platner, Maine\u2019s Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, to end his campaign, a day after Platner was accused of sexual assault by a former partner.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cI believe that it\u2019s time for him to drop out of the race. \u2026 I think the focus of today should be to respond to the gravity of what so many of us have read (about Platner), and I think the only appropriate response is for the campaign to come to an end,\u201d he told reporters at an unrelated press conference on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

At the same time, the mayor\u2019s top political adviser, Morris Katz, was flying to Maine to try to sort things out with Platner. The 27-year-old New Yorker has advised Platner since he launched his left-populist, anti-establishment campaign for U.S. Senate last year. The New York Post reported that Katz has been encouraging Platner to stay in the race, but a person close to the campaign told City & State that\u2019s not true.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The source said Katz\u2019s progressive political consulting firm Fight Agency is currently working with Platner to wind down the campaign \u2013 Platner hasn\u2019t formally suspended his campaign yet, but almost all campaign operations are currently on ice \u2013 and figure out who should replace him on the ballot. He needs to drop out by July 13 to ensure Maine Democrats can nominate someone else to run for Senate against Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.<\/p>\n

Fight isn\u2019t the only out of state consulting firm working with Platner. Brooklyn-based Slingshot Strategies, which counts Rep. Grace Meng and Assembly Member Alex Bores\u2019 congressional campaigns as its recent clients, has also been advising Platner.<\/p>\n

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On Monday, Politico reported that one of Platner\u2019s former partners had accused him on the record of sexual assaulting her while drunk.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mamdani\u2019s comments on Platner were a relatively rare step into another state\u2019s politics. Despite becoming a national political celebrity among a segment of the Democratic Party, he has refrained from weighing in on elections outside the city he leads.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it comes to my own endorsements, I’ve made eight endorsements at the state and federal level,\u201d he said on Tuesday. \u201cThey’ve all been right here in New York City. I’m incredibly excited at the fact that they won their races, and that’s where my focus is for now.”<\/p>\n

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