The Associated Press predicts Democratic Rep. Jared Golden will win reelection over Republican challenger Austin Theriot in Maine's 2nd Congressional District, a red district in an overall blue state. are.
He ran against Republican Theriault, a former NASCAR driver and first-term state lawmaker seeking to flip the seat from blue to red.
Golden, a veteran Marine who served combat tours in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, is a moderate Democrat who has often been at odds with his party and President Biden's administration.
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Representative Jared Golden, D-Maine, speaks at a press conference in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bucati)
He was one of the first Democrats in Congress to question the 81-year-old president's mental and physical abilities, saying earlier this year that he “doesn't know” whether he would vote for Biden's reelection. What happened was widely reported. Four more years in the White House.
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Golden was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2018 and has now won four consecutive races in battleground districts.
Austin Theriault at the 2019 NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series race in Richmond, Virginia. (AP Photo/Steve Herber)
Maine and Nebraska are the only two states in the nation that allocate presidential electors by congressional district. And while Maine is reliably blue for the White House, former President Trump carried Maine's 2nd District in both 2016 and 2020.
This predominantly rural district, which covers approximately 80% of Maine's total area, is the largest congressional district east of the Mississippi River.
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