Jared Forrest Golden was born on July 25,1982 and is an American politician and a Marine Corps veteran serving as the US representative for Maine's 2nd congressional district since 2019.
29 Facts About Jared Golden
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Jared Golden is the only member of Congress elected after finishing second in the first round of tabulation.
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Jared Golden was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan as a United States Marine.
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Jared Golden enrolled as a student at the University of Maine at Farmington but left after one year to join the United States Marine Corps in 2002.
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Jared Golden went on to work for an international logistics firm and then for Maine's Republican Senator Susan Collins on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
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Jared Golden returned to Maine in 2013 to work for the House Democratic Office in the Maine Legislature.
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Jared Golden chaired the Elections Committee and the Joint Select Committee on Joint Rules.
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Jared Golden is the first challenger to unseat an incumbent in the district since 1916.
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Jared Golden filed a lawsuit in federal court to have ranked-choice voting declared unconstitutional and be declared the winner.
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Poliquin appealed to the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and requested an order to prevent Jared Golden from being certified as the winner, but the request was rejected.
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Jared Golden ran for reelection in 2020 and won the Democratic primary unopposed.
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Jared Golden ran for reelection in 2022 and won the Democratic primary unopposed.
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Jared Golden faced former Republican congressman Bruce Poliquin, whom he narrowly beat in 2018, and independent Tiffany Bond, who ran for the 2nd congressional district seat in 2018.
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On December 18,2019, Jared Golden voted for Article I of the articles of impeachment against Donald Trump but was one of three Democrats to vote against Article II.
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On February 6,2020, Jared Golden endorsed Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado for president during the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.
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Jared Golden is pro-choice and opposes a federal abortion ban, saying in a 2022 candidate forum that abortion "is a very personal and private matter, and I support a woman's right to make that choice for herself".
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Jared Golden said during that forum that he supports access to abortion services up to the point of viability but opposes late-term abortions.
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Jared Golden was the lone House Democrat to vote against the Build Back Better Act, citing concerns about the elimination of the $10,000 cap on the SALT deduction and the lack of prescription drug pricing reform.
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Jared Golden later joined all other Democrats in voting for the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, an amended version of the original bill.
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On March 2,2021, Jared Golden was one of 97 Democrats to vote for an amendment to create a federal mandate that states allow convicted felons to vote while serving their prison sentences.
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The next day, Jared Golden was one of two Democrats to vote against the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
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Jared Golden was the only Democrat to vote against the Bipartisan Background Checks Act to expand background checks on gun purchases and one of two Democrats, along with Ron Kind of Wisconsin, to vote against the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021, designed to close the so-called Charleston loophole.
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In 2022, Jared Golden was one of two Democrats, the other being Kurt Schrader of Oregon, to vote against raising the minimum age to purchase semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21.
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On February 1,2023, Jared Golden was among 12 Democrats to vote for a resolution to end the COVID-19 national emergency.
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Jared Golden has an "A" rating from NORML for his voting record on cannabis-related matters.
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Jared Golden supported the Respect for Marriage Act signed into law by President Biden in 2022, and said during a 2022 candidate forum that he "wholeheartedly" supported codifying LGBTQ+ rights into federal law.
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Jared Golden was one of two House Democrats to vote against the first version of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a stimulus bill intended to address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant economic fallout.
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Jared Golden said he was skeptical it would be enforced sufficiently to protect workers, saying "we have a bad track record" in doing so with other trade deals.
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Jared Golden has a Celtic Sun Cross tattoo on his forearm.