Poliquin may have to beat a Marine veteran to keep his seat
Source: Bangor Daily News
LEWISTON, Maine — The highest-profile Democrat to date entered an uphill 2018 race in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District on Thursday, when Assistant Maine House Minority Leader Jared Golden announced that he’d seek the nomination to run against U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin.
Golden, a 35-year-old Marine veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, is looking to make a big jump: He’s only in his second term representing downtown Lewiston in the Maine House of Representatives and he’ll have to hustle to make himself known beyond the vast district’s largest city.
He struck an outsider’s tone at a Thursday morning news conference in Kennedy Park, saying that Washington, D.C., is “rigged” and wondering why “we accept the status quo” when rural Maine towns are being “left behind” with mills disappearing.
“It’s time for new leaders that will fight for you, not the political establishment that has failed us,” Golden said.
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