Jared Golden

Outside political groups have spent more than $1.2 billion on advertising in competitive congressional races, with independent spending accounting for more than half of all advertising in over 70% of those contests, according to a Washington Post analysis of AdImpact data. The spending highlights how much of the battle for Congress is being financed by […]

House Speaker Mike Johnson traveled to Bangor on Wednesday to campaign for Republican Paul LePage, putting national Republican resources behind a competitive Maine congressional race that could help determine control of the House. Johnson told a crowd at Sea Dog Brewing Co. that Republicans could defy the historical tendency for the president's party to lose […]

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is claiming a new poll shows Democrat Matt Dunlap in a "dead heat" with Republican Paul LePage in Maine's open 2nd Congressional District, a race both parties consider one of the country's top pickup opportunities this fall. The DCCC's press release claims President Trump is 13 points underwater in the district […]

In a move that stunned Capitol Hill and infuriated House Democratic leadership, Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) endorsed Republican Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) for re-election on Monday, marking one of the most consequential bipartisan breaks of the midterm cycle. Golden, who announced last November he would not seek re-election, made his case in an op-ed published […]