Graham Platner in Belfast, Maine, on June 6, 2026, just days ahead of the state's June 9 primary. Nathan Worcester/The Epoch Times

BELFAST, Maine—The streets of downtown Belfast were charged with energy: politics was working its way through the public square.

On one corner, older men and women held LGBT rainbow flags. The June 6 Pride parade would soon weave through the 19th-century brick buildings that anchor the small coastal city.

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