Incumbent Rep. Jared Golden questions Austin Theriault’s commitment to Second Amendment rights following a report that the Republican challenger called police about a man ‘walking onto his front porch holding an AR-15.’
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Posted inElection 2024, Maine, News, Politics
Could the 2024 presidential election hinge on Maine? It’s possible.
Electoral College math, recent history and current polling suggest a remote – though not absurd – scenario in which the lone District 2 vote plays an outsize role.
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Posted inElection 2024, Politics
Jared Golden’s golden August as a tourist in Maine
Lewiston’s congressman spent the month “mostly away from the well-worn campaign trail.”
Posted inElection 2024, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Golden responds to Theriault’s $50,000 pledge to help shooting victims’ families
U.S. Rep. Jared Golden responded to his Republican challenger Austin Theriault’s pledge to raise $50,000 at the Oxford Plains Speedway Pro All Stars Series 400 race.
Posted inElection 2024, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Three congressional candidate debates slated in Maine’s 2nd District
Jared Golden and Austin Theriault plan to face off three times in six days in early October. None of the debates are in Lewiston.
Posted inElection 2024, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
U.S. House speaker aims to rally Republicans in Auburn next week
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to open a ‘battle station’ office to boost Austin Theriault’s congressional hopes.
Posted inElection 2024, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Nation / World, Politics
Jared Golden seeks middle path through partisan minefield
Lewiston Democrat assailed from left and right for dismissing talk that American democracy is threatened.
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Rep. Jared Golden says Donald Trump will win ‘and I’m OK with that’
The Lewiston Democrat predicts Joe Biden will lose the presidential election in November, and that democracy will not fail because ‘no one man is strong enough to take it away from us.’
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Why the nation’s eyes will be drawn to Maine’s 2nd House District race this fall
U.S. Rep. Jared Golden is seeking a fourth term in Congress against state Rep. Austin Theriault, a former NASCAR driver who easily won the Republican primary after being endorsed by former President Donald Trump.
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U.S. House, Senate candidates in Maine haul in campaign cash
In 2nd District Republican primary, Austin Theriault holds big fundraising lead.