Jared Golden | |
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![]() Golden in 2020 | |
Co-Chair of the Blue Dog Coalition | |
Assumed office January 3, 2023 Serving with Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Mary Peltola | |
Preceded by | Ed Case Stephanie Murphy Tom O'Halleran |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 2nd district | |
Assumed office January 3, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Bruce Poliquin |
Member of the Maine House of Representatives from the 60th district | |
In office December 3, 2014 – December 5, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Nate Libby |
Succeeded by | Kristen Cloutier |
Personal details | |
Born | Jared Forrest Golden July 25, 1982 Lewiston, Maine, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse |
Isobel Moiles (m. 2015) |
Children | 2 |
Education | Bates College (BA) |
Website | House website |
Military service | |
Branch/service | United States Marine Corps |
Years of service | 2002–2006 |
Battles/wars | War in Afghanistan War in Iraq |
Jared Forrest Golden (born July 25, 1982) is an American politician and a Marine Corps veteran serving as the U.S. representative for Maine's 2nd congressional district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, his district, the largest east of the Mississippi River by area, covers the northern four-fifths of the state, including Lewiston, Bangor, and Auburn. Golden, along with Angus King and Chellie Pingree, are the first members of Congress to be elected by ranked-choice voting. Golden is the only member of Congress elected after finishing second in the first round of tabulation.[1][2] He was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan as a United States Marine.
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