U.S. Representative Jared Golden, the Democrat who pulled off the impossible three times in deep Trump territory, announced he’s walking away from Congress. His exit from Maine’s 2nd Congressional District doesn’t just open a seat — it blows a crater in the Democratic Party’s strategy to reclaim the House.
Golden’s district isn’t your typical blue stronghold. It’s the most Republican-leaning seat held by any Democrat in the House. President Trump carried it by double digits in 2024, and Golden still managed to survive — barely. He first stunned political watchers in 2018, toppling Republican Bruce Poliquin in a race decided by ranked-choice voting. Then he did it again in 2020. And again in 2024.
Golden was the kind of Democrat the party desperately needed more of — someone who could actually win where Joe Biden couldn’t. Now he’s gone, and Republicans couldn’t be happier.
“Serial flip-flopper Jared Golden’s exit from Congress says it all: He’s turned his back on Mainers for years and now his chickens are coming home to roost,” National Republican Congressional Committee spokeswoman Maureen O’Toole declared. “He, nor any other Democrat, has a path to victory in ME-02 and Republicans will flip this seat red in 2026.”
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