2026-07-14T23:23:27.768Z / 路透社
综述
在缅因州，移民政治升温影响民主党联邦参议员候选人选拔进程
枪击事件发生后，选民在集会上将不满矛头指向共和党人苏珊·柯林斯
缅因州民主党将于7月25日在班戈举行代表大会，选出普拉特纳的继任候选人
缅因州比迪福德，7月14日（路透社）—— 困惑不已的缅因州民主党人正面临替换格雷厄姆·普拉特纳的截止期限，此前他的联邦参议员竞选彻底崩盘，而此次致命的移民海关执法局（ICE）枪击事件进一步推高了局势的紧迫性。
社区组织者迅速在枪击现场附近组织了一场集会，数十名抗议者从市政厅和共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯的办公室出发游行，高呼要求移民海关执法局撤出缅因州，扰乱了当地交通。
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美国公民自由联盟缅因分会首席律师扎克·海登对集会参与者表示，这个小镇已经加入休斯顿、明尼阿波利斯等与联邦移民执法人员对峙后出现致命事件的社区行列。针对此次枪击事件的调查仍在进行中。
这起枪击事件使移民执法问题在缅因州受到更密切关注，而民主党人正努力选出新候选人参加11月的中期选举参议员席位角逐。普拉特纳是一名牡蛎养殖户、进步派局外人，在性侵犯指控（他本人否认）导致支持率暴跌后，于周五正式退出竞选。
“多年前我自己也投过她的票，”南波特兰63岁的个体经营者卡拉·扬特在谈到柯林斯时说道，“我永远、永远不会再投她的票了，我想我不是唯一一个这么想的人。”
民主党候选人阵营逐渐成形
截至周三的申报截止日期，已有七名候选人提交了寻求提名的意向声明，其中包括在上月初初选中落败的前州长和国会候选人：州务卿申娜·贝洛斯、前缅因州参议院议长特洛伊·杰克逊、前缅因州疾病控制与预防中心主任尼拉夫·沙阿、前国会助手乔丹·伍德以及社会工作者佩奇·劳德。
缅因啤酒公司联合创始人、前参议院候选人丹·克莱班表示，他已于周一提交了参选文件。
贝洛斯曾担任美国公民自由联盟缅因分会执行主任，她出席了周一的抗议活动并在周二的守夜活动上发言，她回忆起移民海关执法局尚未成立的年代。
“无论立场如何，好人都应该坚持这样的原则：政府不应在街头杀人，”她对路透社说道。
其他热门候选人，如杰克逊和沙阿，随后呼吁废除移民海关执法局，并批评柯林斯为该机构拨款近700亿美元。
柯林斯的办公室未回复置评请求。在周二早些时候的一份声明中，她表示此次枪击事件“提出了足够多的关键问题”，并敦促国土安全部部长马克韦恩·马伦“停止所有非紧急的车辆拦截”。
在采访中，曾支持普拉特纳的选民哀叹他的退出，并表示怀念他聚焦工薪阶层的竞选主张。
萨科市51岁的评估师克里斯汀·休伯表示，缅因人“现在已经受够了，他们只会投票给能选出的下一位民主党人”。
“我期待像普拉特纳这样的人，因为他站在普通工薪阶层一边，”她说，“特朗普政府一心只想造就亿万富翁，只在乎他自己到目前为止赚了多少钱。”
普拉特纳的志愿者发布了一封公开信，呼吁下一任候选人公开且明确地采纳他的进步派政策纲领，其中包括支持《全民医保》公共医疗提案、拒绝企业捐款，以及反对旷日持久的外国战争和大规模驱逐行动。
“这场运动建立的志愿者体系——组织者、上门游说者、小额捐款者、活动主办方、以及从现在到11月期间会打电话、值守展位的人们——不会自动转移到民主党选定的任何一位候选人身上，”他们说道。
缅因州民主党需在7月27日前选出新的候选人。该党将于7月25日在班戈举行提名代表大会。
来自戈勒姆的50岁选民克里斯·赫尔克尔表示，民主党人要击败自1997年以来一直担任参议员席位的柯林斯将是一场艰难的战斗。赫尔克尔说他曾高度支持普拉特纳，但对接替他的几位候选人热情不高。
“嗯，期待？”他停顿了一下思考道，“有些人我还是可以接受的。”赫尔克尔表示，他能接受的包括杰克逊或贝洛斯。
比迪福德社区花园主任霍利·卡尔顿称自己是佛蒙特州参议员伯尼·桑德斯的“铁杆”支持者，曾“为格雷厄姆·普拉特纳感到非常兴奋”。
“我喜欢他的竞选主张，但你知道吗？他确实搞砸了，”70岁的卡尔顿说道，“如果我们不跟上步伐，为他找到合适的继任候选人，我们就会陷入麻烦。”
来自斯卡伯勒的23岁威廉·康诺利带领抗议游行喊口号喊哑了嗓子，他表示希望杰克逊、贝洛斯或劳德获得提名。
“说实话，”这位民主社会主义者补充道，“我想要的只是比这更好的选择。”
记者：诺兰·D·麦卡斯克尔；编辑：迈克尔·利尔蒙特与埃德蒙·克拉曼
Maine Democrats, rattled by Platner’s downfall, protest fatal ICE shooting
2026-07-14T23:23:27.768Z / Reuters
Summary
In Maine, immigration politics heat up selection process for Democratic Senate candidate
Voters direct frustration at Republican Susan Collins at rally after ICE shooting
Maine Democrats will choose replacement nominee for Platner at July 25 convention in Bangor
BIDDEFORD, Maine, July 14 (Reuters) – As bewildered Maine Democrats face a deadline to replace Graham Platner after his U.S. Senate campaign imploded, a fatal ICE shooting has raised the stakes.
Community organizers quickly assembled a rally near the site of the shooting, drawing scores of protesters who marched from City Hall and Republican Senator Susan Collins’ office, disrupting local traffic as they chanted for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to get out of Maine.
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Zach Heiden, chief counsel at the ACLU of Maine, told rallygoers that their small town had joined the likes of Houston, Minneapolis and other communities where encounters with federal immigration agents have been fatal. Investigations into the shooting are ongoing.
The killing has thrust immigration enforcement into sharper focus in Maine as Democrats grapple with selecting a new candidate to run for the Senate in November’s midterm elections. Platner, an oysterman and progressive outsider, formally withdrew his candidacy on Friday after hemorrhaging support amid sexual assault allegations, which he denies.
“I voted for her myself many years ago,” Carla Yount, a self-employed 63-year-old in South Portland, said of Collins. “I will never, ever vote for her again, and I don’t think I’m alone in that.”
DEMOCRATIC FIELD TAKES SHAPE
Seven candidates have already filed ahead of Wednesday’s deadline to declare their intent to seek the nomination, including former gubernatorial and congressional candidates who lost in last month’s primaries: Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, former Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director Nirav Shah, ex-congressional aide Jordan Wood and social worker Paige Loud.
Dan Kleban, co-founder of Maine Beer Company and a former Senate candidate, said he filed his paperwork on Monday.
Bellows, a former executive director of the ACLU of Maine who attended Monday’s protest and spoke at a vigil on Tuesday, recalled a time when ICE did not exist.
“Good people, regardless of what side they are on, should stand up for the principle that the government does not kill people in the streets,” she told Reuters.
Other top candidates, such as Jackson and Shah, have since called for abolishing ICE while criticizing Collins for helping fund the agency with nearly $70 billion.
Collins’ office did not respond to a request for comment. In a statement earlier on Tuesday, she said the shooting “raises sufficient critical questions” and that she urged Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin “to cease all non-urgent vehicle stops.”
In interviews, voters who had supported Platner lamented that he is gone and said they miss his message focused on the working class.
Christine Huber, a 51-year-old appraiser in Saco, said Mainers “are so fed up right now that they’re just going to vote for the next Democrat available.”
“I’m looking forward to somebody like Platner because of him rooting for the average working person,” she said. “The Trump administration is all about creating billionaires and how much money he’s made so far.”
Platner volunteers
posted an open letter
calling on the next nominee to publicly and explicitly adopt his progressive policy platform, which includes supporting the Medicare for All public healthcare proposal, refusing corporate donations, and opposing protracted foreign wars and mass deportation drives.
“The volunteer infrastructure that this movement built — the organizers, the door-knockers, the small-dollar donors, the hosts, the people who will make phone calls and staff tables between now and November — does not transfer automatically to whoever the party selects,” they said.
The Maine Democratic Party has until July 27 to select a new nominee. The party will hold its nominating convention on July 25 in Bangor.
Chris Hourcle, a 50-year-old from Gorham, said it will be an uphill battle for Democrats to unseat Collins, who has held her seat since 1997. Hourcle said he was highly supportive of Platner but was less enthusiastic about the candidates vying to replace him.
“Um, excited?” he said, taking a beat to think. “There are some that I will accept.” Hourcle said that would include Jackson or Bellows.
Holly Culloton, director of Biddeford Community Gardens, described herself as a “diehard” supporter of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders who was “really excited about Graham Platner.”
“I loved his message, but you know what? He really messed up,” said Culloton, 70. “If we don’t get on that bandwagon and find a suitable replacement candidate for him, we’re going to be in trouble.”
William Connolly, a 23-year-old from Scarborough who strained his voice leading protest chants, said he hopes Jackson, Bellows or Loud wins the nomination.
“I swear,” added Connolly, a democratic socialist, “all I want is something better than this.”
Reporting by Nolan D. McCaskill; Editing by Michael Learmonth and Edmund Klamann