India, June 10 -- Graham Platner is widely expected to win the Maine Democratic Senate primary on June 9, setting up a potential high-stakes race against Republican Senator Susan Collins. As the spotlight grows on the candidate, many are asking about the people closest to him, his wife Amy Gertner and the family he grew up in.

Platner married Amy Gertner in fall 2023. The couple live in Sullivan in Maine, where they run the Waukeag Neck Oyster Company, which Platner took over in 2019 after his military career, per Newsweek.

Gertner previously worked as an elementary and middle school art teacher. The two met through friends before matching on the dating app Bumble, according to an interview with The New Yorker. Gertner has also been wor...