LEWISTON, Maine — House District 94 candidate Janet Beaudoin blasted opponent Scott Harriman, Thursday after Ward 5 City Councilor Iman Osman resigned amid a residency investigation and felony firearm charges, accusing Harriman of blocking accountability when it mattered, and pointing to what her campaign describes as a broader record of controversy surrounding the Lewiston councilor.
Beaudoin’s statement followed Osman’s resignation in the wake of a City Council vote to investigate his residency at 210 Blake Street, a building condemned since October 2024, and revelations that Osman listed that same address on a bail bond after being indicted on felony firearm charges.
Beaudoin is calling into question Harriman’s judgment, focusing on what she described as a “pivotal vote” he cast as a Lewiston School Committee member in November 2025 that blocked an initial investigation into Osman’s eligibility.
“The resignation of Iman Osman is the inevitable result of a web of lies that should have been unraveled months ago,” Beaudoin said. “While the City Council finally took the common-sense step to demand transparency, my opponent, Scott Harriman, did the exact opposite. When given the chance to protect the integrity of Lewiston Public Schools and the safety of our students, Scott Harriman chose political ideology over the truth. He voted to kill the investigation in November, effectively shielding a man who was already under a cloud of suspicion and was soon after indicted on gun charges.”
The controversy intensified this week after it was disclosed that Osman listed the condemned Blake Street property as his legal residence on a bail bond, an issue Beaudoin’s campaign argued creates a legal problem because law enforcement requires a valid residence to conduct random searches, a standard condition of bail.
“Scott Harriman’s refusal to hold a colleague accountable isn’t just a lapse in judgment; it’s a pattern of putting party demands and radical ideologies ahead of the people of Lewiston,” Beaudoin said. “If we cannot trust Scott Harriman to enforce basic residency requirements for a School Committee member, how can we trust him to represent our interests in Augusta? Lewiston deserves a leader who isn’t afraid to ask the tough questions and who will always put public safety and integrity first.”
Harriman’s controversies
Beaudoin’s attack lands as Harriman has faced repeated blowback at City Hall over conduct unrelated to the Osman dispute.
In October 2025, the Lewiston City Council voted unanimously to censure Harriman and Councilor Joshua Nagine over communications involving the encrypted messaging app Signal and concerns about compliance with public-records requirements. The issue resurfaced publicly this month when Harriman’s reappointment to the School Committee triggered debate at the council’s first meeting of the year, with critics citing the censure as a reason he should be replaced.
And in August 2024, The Maine Wire reported that Harriman made a public admission in an online exchange that he had urinated in public alleys and parking garages in Lewiston “several times,” a disclosure that drew backlash at the time.
Special election set for Feb. 24
Beaudoin is running in the Feb. 24, 2026 special election for House District 94. Her campaign said her platform centers on restoring law and order, government transparency, and economic relief for Lewiston taxpayers.
