{"id":4066,"date":"2026-07-22T17:07:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4066"},"modified":"2026-07-22T17:07:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:07:54","slug":"patrick-dempsey-for-senate-the-mcdreamy-shall-never-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4066","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Dempsey for Senate? The McDreamy Shall Never Die"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg> <span>Logo text<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\tUnless Patrick Dempsey has a tattoo nobody knows about, it\u2019s hard to imagine a better bet to replace Graham Platner as the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4064\">\u2018Five Star Weekend\u2019s\u2019 D\u2019Arcy Carden Knows the Inherent Dangers of a Girls Trip<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tAlong with his deep roots in the state \u2014 Dempsey was born in the old mill town of Lewiston, raised in the rural hill country of Turner and now owns an estate in Kennebunkport, the moneyed beach enclave where the Bushes famously summered \u2014 he\u2019s got more name recognition than any other candidate and definitely looks more like a senator than anybody else in the race \u2014 or, for that matter, in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe silver hair, the square jawline, the piercing green eyes \u2014 the \u201cI Had a McDreamy\u201d campaign placards practically write themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAlas, it was not to be \u2014 the 60-year-old <em>Grey\u2019s Anatomy <\/em>star has made it clear he\u2019s not interested in politics. But for a few days earlier this month, it looked as if <strong>Susan Collins<\/strong> might have had a real fight on her hands. Even before the oyster fisherman with the Totenkopf chest ink officially stepped out of the race, Dempsey\u2019s name was being floated by an unidentified Democratic group polling Maine voters about possible replacements.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tNobody knows who paid for the survey or how he fared, but one local observer thinks Dempsey had a real shot. \u201cA handsome guy like that, pretty pristine record, lots of charity work,\u201d Steve Robinson, editor-in-chief of the conservative-leaning <em>Maine Wire<\/em>, tells Rambling Reporter. \u201cI\u2019d put him in the 55, 60 percent range.\u201d A July 6 <em>Wire<\/em> story referencing the survey further fanned a budding draft Dempsey movement. Suddenly, the actor was being inundated with questions about whether he might actually run.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4062\">Marc Maron Starrer \u2018In Memoriam\u2019 to Kick Off 11th Annual Indie Street Film Festival; Full Lineup Revealed (Exclusive)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tHe answered in a July 8 <em>Portland Press Herald<\/em> op-ed titled \u201cWhy I\u2019m Not Running for U.S. Senate,\u201d saying he had given the idea \u201creal thought\u201d but decided he could do more good through the Dempsey Center, the cancer support organization he founded in Lewiston. \u201cI realized the answer is no,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThat still leaves Maine Democrats searching for a candidate. Stephen King is an obvious possibility, although his online political commentary can make Cujo seem statesmanlike. Anna Kendrick was born in Portland, but at 40, she probably has better things to do. Then there\u2019s Martha Stewart, who owns a home up the coast. Her slogan writes itself, too: Make Augusta Tidy Again.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t***<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Also in Rambling Reporter:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<em>The Late Show\u2019<\/em>s illuminated marquee was auctioned off after Stephen Colbert\u2019s talk show was yanked off the air \u2014 and it has landed at a bistro on La Cienega; Newlywed actors Tom Holland and Zendaya are co-starring together in back-to-back summer features \u2014 a Hollywood first.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story appeared in the July 22 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Click here to subscribe<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4060\">Tiffany Haddish, Devon Sawa\u2019s Thriller \u2018The Girl in the River\u2019 Gets Late Summer Release and Trailer (Exclusive)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THR looks at Patrick Dempsey Senate Rumors and why he won\u2019t run in Maine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2816],"class_list":["post-4066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-patrick-dempsey"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Patrick Dempsey for Senate? 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