Graham Platner, a military vet and oysterman from a small town in Maine, will run for U.S. Senate as a Democrat in an effort to oust Republican Susan Collins.

A largely unknown oysterman and military veteran, Graham Platner garnered widespread attention this week when he launched a U.S. Senate campaign to try to unseat long-time Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.

Platner, a Democrat who served as a Marine in Iraq and the Army in Afghanistan, says the "oligarchy is the enemy."