Rep. Jared Golden is best known for being a Democrat willing to buck his party. That makes sense in Maine’s 2nd District, which voted for President Donald Trump three times while also backing Golden in four straight elections.
And he’s been that way since his first job in politics. In 2011 the Marine Corps veteran went to work for Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who has her own reputation of sometimes breaking party ranks.
“I had zero discomfort with the concept,” he said when asked if he had been wary of staffing a Republican. “It was like, no, this is one of Maine’s senators, right?”
