# Jared Golden

Jared Golden is a Democratic member of the U.S. House for Maine’s 2nd district.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: U.S. House, Maine’s 2nd district
- Serving since: 2019-01-03
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: G000592
- FEC candidate IDs: H8ME02185

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/G000592 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Golden voted against the majority of House Democrats 140 times; party unity 70%, in the bottom 5% of House Democrats (average 96.4%).

## What Golden says (119th Congress (2025–27))

640 classified statements: 415 posts on X, 146 press releases, 63 newsletters, 16 Congressional Record speeches. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Golden | House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.8% | 6.6% | 201 of 216 |
| Policy criticism | 44.1% | 27.5% | 7 of 216 |
| Policy discussion | 81.9% | 73.2% | 19 of 216 |
| Bipartisanship | 32.7% | 9.8% | 3 of 216 |
| Credit claiming | 45.5% | 22.7% | 6 of 216 |
| Extreme labels | 1.4% | 1.9% | 114 of 216 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 24% (House Democrats 20%); Government Operations and Politics 23% (House Democrats 20%); Health 23% (House Democrats 26%); Armed Forces and National Security 22% (House Democrats 16%); Labor and Employment 16% (House Democrats 7.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.35 (standard error 0.01), from 10,648 donors and 3,756 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 99% of House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 97.3% (House Democrats 96.9%). Party unity 70% (96.4%). 140 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S. 2403 Retire through Ownership Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190674
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · H.J.Res. 213 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190671
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 10326 PROOF Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190670
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190669
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · H.R. 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190668
- 2026-09-15 · voted nay · On Passage · H.J.Res. 210 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190666
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · H.R. 2140 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190664
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 3276 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190657
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 4219 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190656
- 2026-09-03 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

## Legislation (119th Congress (2025–27))

Sponsored 15 bills: 15 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 226. 13.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats 4.9%; rank 21 of 207).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 10780: Congressional Budget Reform Act (in committee, 2026-10-09) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10780
- H.R. 10555: VETS Access Act (in committee, 2026-09-24) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10555
- H.R. 8509: To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period for which certain regulations concerning the North Atlantic right whale are… (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8509
- H.R. 7735: Improving Mental Health Support for Servicemembers and Veterans Act (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7735
- H.R. 4978: Secure Trade Act (in committee, 2025-08-15) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4978
- H.R. 4665: Loggers Economic Assistance and Relief Act (in committee, 2025-07-23) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4665
- H.R. 3762: Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act (in committee, 2025-06-05) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3762
- H.R. 3509: Supporting Our Surviving Spouses Act (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3509
- H.Res. 432: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2550) to nullify the Executive order relating to Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs,… (passed one chamber, 2025-12-11) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/432
- H.R. 2550: Protect America's Workforce Act (passed one chamber, 2025-12-15) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2550

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $2.6M (House Democrats median $2.0M). 19% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 4.3% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepGolden/status/2114381123056717857
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepGolden/status/2113683280750875105
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepGolden/status/2110803648393748538
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepGolden/status/2109636815879627139
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepGolden/status/2108597661914058781
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepGolden/status/2108597663402733679
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/RepGolden/status/2108597664845840762
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepGolden/status/2108597666187747526
- 2026-10-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepGolden/status/2107108997681877503
- 2026-10-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepGolden/status/2107109392521077107

## Links

- Official site: https://golden.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepGolden
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/G000592

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/G000592