Maine Democrat Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) won a third term in the U.S. House of Representatives on Nov. 16, defeating Republican challenger Bruce Poliquin in the state’s 2nd Congressional District, the largest district east of the Mississippi River.
Golden finished the race with 53 percent of the total, or 165,136 votes, in ranked-choice voting, to defeat Poliquin, a former congressman, who ended up with 146,142 votes, or almost 47 percent.
After three days of collecting, checking, verifying, and re-scanning of votes, Golden was declared the winner.
“I am deeply honored that the people of Maine’s Second District have chosen me to represent them in Washington for another two-year term,” Golden said in a written statement after final results were announced….