Federal candidate · 2023–2024 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 11, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (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 2IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

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$7,943,838.27
Total spent$7,851,798.65
Cash on hand$126,729.88
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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: $6,258,176.78PACs and other committees: $1,003,326.00Party committees: $9,529.86Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $528,126.40Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $144,679.23
  • Individual contributions$6,258,176.7879%
  • PACs and other committees$1,003,326.0013%
  • Party committees$9,529.860%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$528,126.407%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$144,679.232%

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

272 committees reported giving $1,031,287.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. 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$1,282,158.98
  • Independent expenditures opposing Jared Golden$10,888,567.02
  • Company and union communications to members about Jared Golden$42,996.45

FEC totals for the 2024 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, 2024 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Jared Golden (D)$7,943,838.27$126,729.882024-12-31
Austin Leo Theriault (R)$3,628,072.48$16,477.622024-12-31
Mike Soboleski (R)$129,714.72$0.002024-07-24
Robert N Cross (R)$57,055.95−$5,759.002024-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Elections DailyLean DNovember 4, 2024
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean DJune 5, 2024
  • CNalysisTilt DNovember 16, 2023
  • Decision Desk HQLean DJune 1, 2024

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
University of New HampshireOctober 29 – November 2, 2024683 (LV)± 3.7%Jared Golden 45% · Austin Theriault 44%
SurveyUSAOctober 24–29, 2024484 (LV)± 5.3%Jared Golden 53% · Austin Theriault 41%
Axis ResearchOctober 17–20, 2024411 (LV)± 4.8%Jared Golden 45% · Austin Theriault 47%
Digital ResearchSeptember 10 – October 7, 2024303 (RV)–Jared Golden 38% · Austin Theriault 38%
Axis ResearchOctober 3–6, 2024–± 4.8%Jared Golden 47% · Austin Theriault 45%
Pan Atlantic ResearchSeptember 5–15, 2024398 (LV)± 3.5%Jared Golden 44% · Austin Theriault 47%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 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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