
Jared Golden
American politician and veteran (born 1982)
Ran for U.S. House, ME-02 in 2026



Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Official U.S. Congress portrait · Public domain
Races
- 2026 · U.S. House, ME-02 · Primary · Democratic · result not on file · incumbent
- 2024 · U.S. House, ME-02 · General · Democratic · result not on file · incumbent · source
- 2022 · U.S. House, ME-02 · General · Democratic · won · 153,074 votes (48.4%) · incumbent · source
- 2020 · U.S. House, ME-02 · General · Democratic · won · 197,974 votes (53.0%) · source
- 2018 · U.S. House, ME-02 · General · Democratic · won · 132,013 votes (45.6%) · source
Background
Jared Forrest Golden is an American politician and Marine Corps veteran serving as the U.S. representative for Maine's 2nd congressional district since 2019.
More
A Democrat, he represents a district encompassing the northern four-fifths of the state, including the cities of Lewiston, Bangor, and Auburn, along with the state capital of Augusta. It is the largest district east of the Mississippi River. His district was carried by Donald Trump in both the 2020 and 2024 presidential elections, making it a politically competitive area. Golden concurrently won his district both times.
Campaign finance
As of 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC
Website and social
Sources
- Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
- Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-25 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Golden
- Website and social links — Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41694157
- Official social accounts — congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
- Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H8ME02185/
- photo_headshot — https://unitedstates.github.io/
- photo_gallery — https://golden.house.gov/about
- FEC candidate status changed — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H8ME02185/?cycle=2026
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