Maine Democrat Jordan Wood said Wednesday that he was ending his campaign for Senate and would instead run for the battleground House seat that moderate Democratic Rep. Jared Golden is vacating.
“Mainers are working harder than ever and still falling behind because Washington is rigged against them,” Wood said in a statement. “After many conversations with my family and voters in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, I’ve decided to step up and to be the fighter for the district where I was born and raised.”
Wood launched his challenge to GOP Sen. Susan Collins in April and has raised more than $3 million in the months since. But he struggled to break out in the primary the way fellow Democrat Graham Platner, an oyster farmer and first-time candidate, has since entering the race in August. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, who is term-limited in her current role, launched her own Senate bid last month, and the primary discourse has largely focused around her and Platner.
