As Graham Platner bowed out of the Maine senatorial race amid further scandal, this time a sexual assault accusation, various names were floated as his replacement. Some of the ideas seemed natural enough, like the progressive former state senator Troy Jackson, who finished third in the Democratic primary for governor in June. There was also preliminary buzz around Boston College history professor and prolific Substacker Heather Cox Richardson.
But the name that really got tongues wagging was favorite Maine son Patrick Dempsey, the actor best known for playing Dr. Derek “McDreamy” Shepherd on “Grey’s Anatomy.” The star of a steamy nighttime
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