From the Daily Caller: Republicans are licking their chops after progressives helped drive Democratic Maine Rep. Jared Golden to retire from Congress, with local operatives and party consultants telling the Daily Caller it gives them a clearer path to victory in Golden’s red-leaning district.
“Bottom line on Maine’s 2nd Congressional District: It’s a Republican-leaning district, now absent the one Democrat who could hold it,” a Republican consultant who has worked on congressional and statewide campaigns in the state told the Daily Caller.
Maine has been long regarded as a moderate state Golden is viewed as one of the few Democrats capable of effectively representing the rural 2nd District’s constituents.
“The district has been getting more and more difficult for the Democrats to win for a decade now,” a longtime Maine political operative told the Caller.
Golden, a moderate Democrat, previously worked for Republican Sen. Susan Collins, then ran for U.S. Congress in 2018, flipping the seat in Maine’s 2nd District from red to blue.
However, progressives have repeatedly bashed Golden for his bipartisan positions and slammed him for “being too soft” on President Trump.
Golden announced on November 5 that he will not seek re-election, and wrote in an op-ed, “What I could accomplish in this increasingly unproductive Congress pales in comparison to what I could do in that time as a husband, a father and a son.”
President Trump won the district all three times, including by almost 10 points in the 2024 election. Now Republicans believe there is a good opportunity to win the seat back.
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