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…
