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U.S. Representative · Maine 2nd District
Jared F. Golden
DemocratDistrict R+4119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score94#1 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Jared F. Golden’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office1107 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1902
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 7 signals
- StrongBroke with Democrats on 113 of 348 recorded votes on tracked billsVoted against the majority of House Democrats on 113 of the 348 recorded yea/nay votes they cast on tracked bills (32%). The median House Democratic broke on 4%; this member ranks 3 of 214 by break rate.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 10326 PROOF Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 5334 Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2026
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1501 Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.Res. 1490 Providing for the condemnation and denouncement of socialism in all its forms, and for other purposes.
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 7.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Armed ServicesMinority · 11th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations
- Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
- House Committee on Natural ResourcesMinority · 7th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
- Subcommittee on Federal Lands
- Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
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Golden← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.106 is 0.29 to the right of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress20House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 751–800 of 1962 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 789Transparency and Predictability in Small Business Opportunities ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 94
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| H.R. 804 |