BIDDEFORD — Three days after filing paperwork to run in the special election to fill the state Senate District 32 seat left vacant by David Dutremble’s unexpected resignation in January, Biddeford business owner and Green Independent Party candidate Alan C. Brown said this morning he will withdraw from the race.

Brown, who owns New England Computer Solutions on Oak Ridge Road, said he feels he has little chance of taking the seat. He also has plans to travel in May.

“It would be unfair for me to spoil the election this way,” Brown said this morning. “I just don’t want to mess up something where it’s a hotly contested seat between a Democrat and a Republican.”

Dutremble, a Biddeford firefighter who also runs an electrical business, was first elected to the Senate in 2012. On Jan. 26, while serving his second consecutive term, he announced he would be resigning in a matter of days to focus on recovering from alcohol abuse and spending more time with his family.

Democrat Susan Deschambault, a retired social worker who chairs the Biddeford Planning Board, and Republican Stephen Martin, a bail commissioner and retired police officer, will face off in a March 29 special election to fill the seat until the general election in November.

Whoever wins the special election will have to run again in November to retain the seat.

Another Democrat, former Biddeford mayor and state representative Joanne Twomey, has announced her intention to run for the District 32 seat in the general election.

District 32 includes Alfred, Arundel, Biddeford, Dayton, Kennebunkport and Lyman.

— Staff Writer Angelo J. Verzoni can be contacted at 282-1535, ext. 329 or [email protected].