{"id":9419,"date":"2025-05-20T15:16:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T15:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/jared-golden-opts-for-reelection-bid-in-trump-favored-district\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T15:16:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T15:16:41","slug":"jared-golden-opts-for-reelection-bid-in-trump-favored-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/jared-golden-opts-for-reelection-bid-in-trump-favored-district\/","title":{"rendered":"Jared Golden opts for reelection bid in Trump-favored district"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/179757\" data-person-id=\"179757\">Jared Golden<\/a> (D-Maine) announced he would seek a fifth term in the House on Tuesday, ending speculation that he could run statewide instead.<\/p>\n<p>Golden has held a battleground district won by President Donald Trump three times since he first flipped the seat in 2018 \u2014 making him a prime target for the Republican Party ahead of the 2026 midterms. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile I have considered many options for how best to continue serving the people of Maine, I have decided to run for re-election because the surest way to restore balance in Washington is for Democrats to win back the House of Representatives,\u201d Golden said in <a href=\"https:\/\/jaredgoldenforcongress.com\/golden-chooses-to-run-for-re-election-in-maines-2nd-congressional-district\/\" target=\"_blank\">a press release<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He was viewed as a potential statewide candidate in Maine. The state has an open governor\u2019s race, and Democrats are again looking to target Republican Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/51168\" data-person-id=\"51168\">Susan Collins<\/a> \u2014 although Golden once worked for her, and many Democrats believed he ultimately wouldn\u2019t challenge his former boss.<\/p>\n<p>Golden\u2019s announcement comes after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/05\/05\/paul-lepage-maine-congress-00330403\" target=\"_blank\">Republican Paul LePage<\/a> \u2014 who served as governor of Maine from 2011 to 2019 \u2014 entered the race earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not need a job, I am running to protect our Maine jobs,\u201d LePage <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MainePaulLePage\/status\/1919384635118694678\" target=\"_blank\">said in a statement on social media announcing his campaign<\/a>. \u201cI am running to serve the people of Maine and help the president fix Washington.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Golden criticized LePage in his announcement, saying he was \u201cgoing to do what it takes to make sure no one like Paul LePage blusters his way into Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Golden, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangordailynews.com\/2024\/08\/15\/politics\/state-politics\/jared-golden-silent-on-kamala-harris-endorsement\/\" target=\"_blank\">did not endorse<\/a> former Vice President Kamala Harris for president last year, has faced backlash from Democrats for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/10\/26\/politics\/jared-golden-assault-weapons-ban-lewiston\" target=\"_blank\">siding with Republicans at times on issues like gun control<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) announced he would seek a fifth term in the House on Tuesday, ending speculation that he could run statewide instead. Golden has held a battleground district won by President Donald Trump three times since he first flipped the seat in 2018 \u2014 making him a prime target for the Republican Party [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}