India, June 1 -- The Democrat bid to unseat Maine Republican Susan Collins from the US Senate in an attempt to win back control of the upper chamber of Congress received a jolt as reports about the presumptive party nominee Graham Platner's sexual texts with multiple women surfaced.

The Democratic Party is already facing a difficult path to recapture control of the US Senate, and the Maine race against Senator Susan Collins is a must-win for the party.

However, Platner's wife, who the reports said was already aware of the said texts, appeared to back her Marine Corps veteran husband.

Amy Gertner said in a statement Saturday that she was "deeply hurt" after details of her husband's messages to other women became public, accusing a forme...