An election worker carries two ballots to be verified inside the Maricopa County Recorders Office, Nov. 10, 2022, in Phoenix, Arizona. Credit: Matt York / AP

A Republican who is making a longshot presidential bid has filed a lawsuit that seeks to keep former President Donald Trump from appearing on Maine’s 2024 ballot.

John Anthony Castro, from Texas, has filed similar legal challenges against Trump in numerous states, arguing the 14th Amendment bars the ex-president from running again next year. A former federal prosecutor reportedly called the attempts a “Hail Mary.”

Here’s the complaint that Castro filed in U.S. District Court in Portland.

Billy Kobin is a politics reporter who joined the Bangor Daily News in 2023. He grew up in Wisconsin and previously worked at The Indianapolis Star and The Courier Journal (Louisville, Ky.) after graduating...