Jared Golden

Jared Golden
Golden in 2020
Co-Chair of the Blue Dog Coalition
Incumbent
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
Incumbent
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 (1982-07-25) July 25, 1982 (age 41) 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.