Gov. Paul LePage’s office said Friday morning that the governor will not swear in a new Democratic Senator who won a special election for a Biddeford-area Senate seat earlier this week.

Mario Moretto, a spokesman for the Senate, said Susan Deschambeault, who won the Senate District 32 seat on Tuesday in a special election, has her family at the State House on Friday after LePage’s office said Thursday evening he would swear Deschambeault in, allowing her to join the Senate on Friday.

LePage spokeswoman Adrienne Bennett said Friday morning when asked about it by the Bangor Daily News that “we are not doing that today. It’s not on the schedule.”

Bennett said LePage is angry about a 7-6 vote on the Labor Committee Thursday afternoon against Steven Webster, who is LePage’s nominee to the Unemployment Insurance Commission.

“Democrats treated Steve Webster despicably and it’s unfortunate that good people get caught up in political games,” said Bennett. “Governor LePage has not sworn her in yet. The governor has five days to do so.”

Moretto said an alternative method of having Deschambeault join the Senate on Friday was being explored. Attorney General Janet Mills said she was aware of the situation but declined to comment Friday morning.