Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Jared F. Golden

Official portrait of Jared F. Golden
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Maine’s 2nd district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Lewiston, ME
Born
1982
In Congress
House since 2019 · 7 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
GOLDEN, JARED
Next election
Primary June 9, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Maine with the current district highlighted

Maine, District 2

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · Maine District 2IncumbentWon the general election (53.04%)

FEC candidate ID H8ME02185 · Principal campaign committee: COMMITTEE TO ELECT JARED GOLDEN

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Maine District 2$2,583,023.48Withdrawn
2023–2024U.S. House · Maine District 2$7,943,838.27General-election nominee
2021–2022U.S. House · Maine District 2$6,068,685.18General-election nominee
2019–2020U.S. House · Maine District 2$5,382,793.11Won the general election (53.04%)
Total raised$5,382,793.11
Total spent$5,344,641.06
Cash on hand$130,860.81
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $4,146,761.12PACs and other committees: $667,657.41Party committees: $10,170.79Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $502,257.35Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $55,946.44
  • Individual contributions$4,146,761.1277%
  • PACs and other committees$667,657.4112%
  • Party committees$10,170.790%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$502,257.359%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$55,946.441%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

182 committees reported giving $674,724.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Jared Golden$1,327,029.93
  • Independent expenditures opposing Jared Golden$1,708,879.25
  • Company and union communications to members about Jared Golden$16,205.56

FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Maine U.S. House, District 2, 2020 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Jared Golden (D)$5,382,793.11$130,860.812020-12-31
Dale Crafts (R)$1,283,275.33$3,688.752020-12-31
Eric Brakey (R)$855,398.90$5,673.072020-12-31
Adrienne Bennett (R)$227,047.10$1,672.702020-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportLikely DOctober 2, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsSafe DOctober 16, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLikely DOctober 1, 2020
  • PoliticoLean DOctober 11, 2020
  • Daily KosLikely DOctober 29, 2020
  • RCPLean DJune 9, 2020
  • NiskanenLean DJuly 26, 2020

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Change ResearchOctober 29 – November 2, 2020475 (LV)± 4.6%Jared Golden 53% · Dale Crafts 44%
Colby CollegeOctober 21–25, 2020453 (LV)–Jared Golden 56% · Dale Crafts 31%
Pan Atlantic ResearchOctober 2–6, 2020300 (LV)± 6.4%Jared Golden 60% · Dale Crafts 33%
Critical InsightsSeptember 25 – October 4, 2020234 (LV)–Jared Golden 52% · Dale Crafts 34%
Colby CollegeSeptember 17–23, 2020275 (LV)–Jared Golden 56% · Dale Crafts 33%
Siena College/NYT UpshotSeptember 11–16, 2020440 (LV)–Jared Golden 56% · Dale Crafts 37%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: COMMITTEE TO ELECT JARED GOLDEN.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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