Shortly after Colorado put Donald Trump back on its 2024 primary ballot, a top Maine official announced the former president would be disqualified from her state’s primary ballot.
A decision on Thursday from Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows found Trump’s primary petition to be “invalid” on the view that he violated the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause due to his conduct leading up to the U.S. Capitol breach on January 6, 2021.
Bellows, a Democrat, also rejected a bid by Trump’s legal team to get her to recuse herself from making a ruling on his eligibility amid multiple legal challenges to his candidacy.
Similar cases against Trump in other states, including Michigan, have been dismissed or remain active. One particular lawsuit, in Colorado, led to the state’s supreme court last week to kick Trump off the primary ballot.
