The race has become a referendum on what the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office did, and failed to do, before a shooting that killed 18 people in Lewiston last fall.

More than 100 family members and survivors of Maine's worst mass shooting are planning to file a lawsuit against the U.S. Army for failing to respond to warning signs that the reservist shooter was a threat.

The Army is accused of failing to follow its own regulations and actively discouraging the police from acting on concerns about Card’s access to firearms.