{"id":126469,"date":"2024-11-16T10:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T03:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126469"},"modified":"2024-11-16T10:22:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T03:22:02","slug":"golden-holds-off-challenge-in-maine-denying-house-g-o-p-a-key-pickup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126469","title":{"rendered":"Golden Holds Off Challenge in Maine, Denying House G.O.P. a Key Pickup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Representative Jared Golden, a three-term Democrat from Maine, has defeated his Republican challenger, Austin Theriault, a former NASCAR driver and northern Maine native, The Associated Press declared on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Golden\u2019s narrow victory in his largely white, rural and working-class district \u2014 one of five Democratic-held districts that Donald J. Trump won in 2020 \u2014 was a bright spot for Democrats and will help ensure that the Republicans\u2019 House majority in the next Congress remains exceedingly narrow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Golden toiled throughout the campaign to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/26\/us\/elections\/jared-golden-maine.html\" title=\"\">distance himself from other Democrats<\/a>, declining to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris or even say whether he would vote for her. Instead, with the hope of defying political gravity and overcoming party polarization, the congressman emphasized a hyperlocal and nonpartisan message aimed at working-class people of all political stripes. He campaigned as a potential governing partner with Mr. Trump, saying he could work with whoever won the White House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For House Republicans, Mr. Theriault\u2019s loss underlined Mr. Golden\u2019s status as one of the Democrats\u2019 most battle-tested members. A native of Fort Kent, a town on the northernmost border of the state, Mr. Theriault, 30, portrayed himself as a \u201ctrue Mainer\u201d \u2014 his typical outfit includes jeans, a baseball cap and a puffer vest over a button-down shirt \u2014 and small-business owner who was approachable. He had the full-throated support of Mr. Trump as well as Speaker Mike Johnson, who headlined a rally with Mr. Theriault for an office opening in August.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Golden and his campaign worked to portray Mr. Theriault as a rubber stamp for the House Republicans\u2019 agenda, which Mr. Golden argued was too extreme for Mainers. To make up for his thin political r\u00e9sum\u00e9, Mr. Theriault, a first-term state representative, avoided committing to specific policies and instead centered his bid on the assertion that Mr. Golden had \u201cgone Washington\u201d and lost touch with his district.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Theriault also sought to make gun rights an issue in the race. After a mass shooting last year in his hometown of Lewiston, Mr. Golden \u2014 one of the few Democrats in Congress who has routinely broken with his party to oppose gun control measures \u2014 changed course and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/26\/us\/jared-golden-maine-assault-weapon-ban.html\" title=\"\">endorsed an assault weapons ban<\/a>. He lost the backing of the National Rifle Association, and Mr. Theriault argued that Mr. Golden\u2019s change of heart on guns showed that he was out of step with his district.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/15\/us\/elections\/maine-house-golden-theriault.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Representative Jared Golden, a three-term Democrat from Maine, has defeated his Republican challenger, Austin Theriault, a former NASCAR driver and northern Maine native, The Associated Press declared on Friday. 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