This cycle looks a lot like the 2018 election that sent Golden to Washington for the first time.
Rep. Jared Golden, a Democrat from Maine, has developed a reputation for voting against the Democratic Party in major moments — he was the only Democrat last month to vote against curbing President Donald Trump’s war powers, for example, and broke ranks with his party on pandemic relief and whether to sustain a government shutdown last year.
Golden, who is retiring, said in a letter announcing his decision to step aside that these kinds of votes are key to winning and representing his Trump-loving district.
But there are at least four people who disagree with Golden’s assessment of the electorate — and they’re running in the Democratic primary to replace him.
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Wood fall[s] somewhere in the middle, and described his campaign as “authentic” to himself…
Because of Wood’s focus on gun safety and gun violence prevention, he has earned an endorsement from Brady PAC, a political action committee aimed at reducing gun violence.