Drunken driving to dueling: Lawmakers behaving badly is nothing new

Posted Nov. 17, 2015, at 6:45 a.m.

AUGUSTA, Maine — Rep. Lawrence Lockman’s recent inflammatory statements against Lewiston mayoral candidate Ben Chin on Facebook was not first time Lockman has ruffled feathers with his fiery rhetoric and not the first time his comments have caused calls for his resignation.

History shows that Lockman, a Republican from Amherst, is far from the first Maine lawmaker to land in trouble. The annals of…