Biddeford tragedy tightens Maine's Senate primary timeline

A fatal ICE shooting in Biddeford jolts Maine's Senate race, compressing the Democratic primary from a two-week sprint to about one week as 601 delegates will be picked at county caucuses for the July 25 statewide convention. With Graham Platner out, candidates broadly oppose ICE and offer little distinguishing between them, forcing unity as the issue of immigration enforcement rises to the top. The urgent moment will reveal who can mobilize delegates quickly, but the tragedy does not resolve the race or clearly define the field, leaving questions of electability and strategy for the convention and beyond.