Maine contender to replace Platner grilled on response to public health crisis, Dem senator opposing his run

CNN host Brianna Keilar grilled Dr. Nirav Shah on Friday, shortly after he threw his hat into the ring for a Senate seat in Maine as embattled Graham Platner withdrew, citing Democratic Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s blistering criticism of his record.

Shah finished second in Maine's Democratic gubernatorial primary, but faces stiff opposition from parts of his own party regarding his past record. Duckworth, a combat veteran herself, revived prior criticism of how he handled a deadly Legionnaires’...