Jared Golden (ME-2) staying neutral in Maine Senate race

[brooklynite]

Link to tweet

[marble falls]

1. In other words he can't be a member of DU? Democrats support Democrats.

[brooklynite]

2. TOS says you can't advocate AGAINST voting for a Democrat

If Golden says nothing at all, he probably skates by.

[Funtatlaguy]

3. We desperately need to beat Collins to have a shot at control

Of the Senate.

[jpak]

4. Some background

Jared Golden represents Maine's 2nd District - which is in the northern, often very rural, part of the state that went for Trump in 2016.

In 2016, Jared beat dweeb GOPer Bruce Poliquin in a very close race determined by ranked choice voting.

To be re-elected, he needs to keep his head down.

That said, he is a REAL Democrat - don't knock him.

FYI - Collins's recent poll numbers indicate that she is**way** underwater with Democrats, Independents and non-Teabagger republicans.

She is toast.

[dem4decades]

5. Thanks. Because i thought the worst. Collins is horrible.

[Blue_true]

6. Golden was also Sara Gideon's lieutenant in the Maine House democratic caucus.

The region he comes from is rural, he can't be highly partisan. My guess is he find a way to support Gideon in the end. Gideon seems to be pretty tough, she fought LePage until democrats took all offices in Maine, at one point it was no one but her versus LePage, she won.