Shenna Bellows speaks out: Maine's secretary of state stands defiant

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows is the first state election official to ever disqualify a candidate for federal office.

Bellows, a Democrat , denied Trump access to the state’s March 5 ballot as he seeks to secure the Republican presidential nomination.

Trump campaign has until this Friday, January 5 , to appeal the Bellows decision to Maine Superior Court .

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold says she has received death threats from Trump supporters.

John Sutter : She is the first woman to serve as Maine ’s secretary of state .

Bellows, 48 , is a Democrat , the Democratic -controlled State Legislature chose her, not the voters, in December 2020 .

Sutter says Bellows' decision disqualifying Trump from Maine 's primary ballot disqualifies him from the ballot.

Secretary of State blames Trump 's "stop the steal" and "fight like hell" rhetoric for the Capitol riot.

10 Mainers have been prosecuted for participating in the riot, including Kyle Fitzsimons , who is now serving a seven-year sentence.

Trump Campaign spokesman Stephen Chueng called Bellows , a former state senator, U.S. Senate candidate, and executive director of the Maine Civil Liberties Union , “a virulent leftist and a hyper-partisan”.