Maine Rep. Jared Golden, Trump Country Democrat, Wins Reelection
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Republican Austin Theriault failed to unseat Golden, despite the Democrat's support for an assault weapons ban.
Rep. Jared Golden, a Maine Democrat who backed an assault weapons ban in a conservative, rural district, won reelection to a fourth term. The Associated Press declared Golden the winner on Friday, 10 days after Election Day, following a ranked choice runoff.
Golden, a Marine combat veteran, defeated Republican state Rep. Austin Theriault, a former professional race car driver.
“No matter what the attacks are from one election to the other, you know who I am, I know who I am. I’m not going to forget where I come from,” Golden said during a televised candidate forum in October. “And I’m going to continue being the same kind of member that I’ve been for the last six years — that’s one of the most bipartisan members of Congress.”
Since Golden, a co-chair of the centrist Blue Dog Caucus, is one of just five House Democrats representing seats Donald Trump carried in 2016 and 2020, he could provide a model for Democrats hoping to compete in rural areas with a MAGA shade of red.
Golden, a self-described “progressive conservative,” is an abortion rights supporter and relative economic populist who also supports law enforcement, strict border security, and has fought President Joe Biden’s regulations of the lobster industry. He was the sole House Democrat to vote against the far-reaching Build Back Better Act but for the Inflation Reduction Act — the scaled-back bill that became law — which included a cap on insulin costs for seniors that Golden now features in his ads.
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