ORONO, Maine, July 24 -- University of Maine issued the following news release:
Earlier this month, Mark Brewer was driving to pick up one of his kids when his phone started blowing up.
Texts. Emails. Reporters he knew by name. He didn't know why yet. So he pulled over.
A quick search told him everything. The Graham Platner story had broken. Brewer, chair of the University of Maine's Department of Political Science, understood immediately what came next.
"Oh, OK," he remembered thinking. "This makes sense."
By the next evening, he'd fielded at least 20 interview requests. For Brewer, it was just the latest chapter in a role he's played for Maine media for more than two decades.
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