Maine’s Golden Declared Winner of Congressional Race

Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) speaks in Bath, Maine. Golden was the only Democrat lawmaker to break with his party and vote against the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package on March 10, 2021. David Sharp/AP Photo

Maine Democrat Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) won a third term in the U.S. House of Representatives on Nov. 16, defeating Republican challenger Bruce Poliquin in the state’s 2nd Congressional District, the largest district east of the Mississippi River.

Golden finished the race with 53 percent of the total, or 165,136 votes, in ranked-choice voting, to defeat Poliquin, a former congressman, who ended up with 146,142 votes, or almost 47 percent.