U.S. Representative — Maine's 2nd District
Jared Golden
Democrat · Maine
Democrat U.S. Representative for Maine's 2nd congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)
- H.R.8509 — To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period for which certain regulations concerning the North Atlantic right whale are effective. (Introduced, Apr 27, 2026)
- H.R.7735 — Improving Mental Health Support for Servicemembers and Veterans Act (Introduced, Feb 26, 2026)
- H.R.4978 — Secure Trade Act (Introduced, Aug 15, 2025)
- H.R.4665 — Loggers Economic Assistance and Relief Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.3762 — Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act (Introduced, Jun 5, 2025)
- H.R.3509 — Supporting Our Surviving Spouses Act (Introduced, May 20, 2025)
- H.R.2550 — Protect America's Workforce Act (Introduced, Apr 1, 2025)
Protect America's Workforce Act This bill nullifies the Executive Order titled Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs (issued on March 27, 2025), which excludes specified executive agencies and subdivisions from the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute. The statute… - H.R.2258 — To designate the Maine Forest and Logging Museum, located in Bradley, Maine, as the National Museum of Forestry and Logging History. (Introduced, Mar 21, 2025)
Recent floor votes (100 on record)
- Voted Yea on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.Con.Res.89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.Con.Res.113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted No on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)
- H.R.9827 — Wildfire Reduction Market Expansion Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
- H.R.1288 — DRIVE Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- H.R.9874 — Get Foreign Money Out of United States Elections Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
- H.R.9845 — Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Enhancement Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
- H.R.8163 — Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026 (Reported, Jul 21, 2026)
- H.R.8734 — To express the Sense of Congress with respect to safety of medication abortion and Federal preemption of State restrictions on dispensing medication abortion, and for other purposes. (Introduced, May 15, 2026)
- H.R.7747 — State Veterans Homes Inspection Simplification Act (Introduced, May 15, 2026)
- H.R.8844 — U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Retirement Technical Corrections Act (Reported, May 15, 2026)
Voting analysis
Jared Golden is one of the House Democrats least bound by the caucus position. The distinguishing feature of his record is where the crossing happens: appropriations. He voted for the annual defense authorization, for the continuing resolution funding the government, and for the State Department and national security spending bill — three separate money measures, each against the position most Democrats took.
Spending bills, and the amendments inside them
Beyond final passage he also worked the amendments on the State Department bill from both directions, supporting some the caucus opposed and opposing others it backed. Elsewhere he supported the Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act, the Stop Insider Trading Act and the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act, again apart from most of his party.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R.8884 Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act On Passage · roll call 283 | Jul 23, 2026 | Passed | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R.7008 Stop Insider Trading Act On Passage · roll call 280 | Jul 22, 2026 | Passed | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8800 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 On Passage · roll call 278 | Jul 22, 2026 | Passed | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 275 | Jul 22, 2026 | Agreed to | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.9770 Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes On Passage · roll call 272 | Jul 21, 2026 | Passed | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 258 | Jul 21, 2026 | Agreed to | No (party: Yea) |
| H.R.8595 National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027 On Passage · roll call 247 | Jul 15, 2026 | Passed | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8595 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 243 | Jul 15, 2026 | Failed | No (party: Yea) |
| H.R.8595 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 242 | Jul 15, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.1181 Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act On Passage · roll call 240 | Jul 14, 2026 | Passed | Yea (party: Nay) |
Half of a two-member delegation
Maine returns only two Democrats to the House, so the delegation average here reflects a single colleague rather than a bloc. Even against that already independent benchmark, Golden departs from the caucus more often.
Among the 2 Democrats in the Maine delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 14.5%. Jared Golden is above that average at 24.9%.
What he legislates on
His bills read as a working inventory of his district's economy. Recent filings include the Loggers Economic Assistance and Relief Act, a measure extending the effective period of regulations governing the North Atlantic right whale — the rule at the centre of a long fight with Maine's lobster fishery — the Secure Trade Act, and bills on mental health support for servicemembers and veterans, maternal health, and surviving spouses. Government operations is his largest classified subject area, with foreign trade and public lands next.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Jared Golden's cluster into: Government Operations and Politics (8), Foreign Trade and International Finance (5), Public Lands and Natural Resources (5), Armed Forces and National Security (4), Commerce (4), Health (4).
None of his displayed sponsored bills has advanced past introduction.
Of the 50 most recent of those, 50 currently sit at Introduced.
Tenure and attendance
Golden sits in the middle tenure cohort — beyond his first terms, not yet a long-timer — under the same party label he arrived with. His absence count runs above the chamber's typical level, a participation figure that explains nothing about cause on its own.
First elected in 2019, now serving across 4 terms. Jared Golden falls in the mid cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Jared Golden has 88 bills sponsored, 927 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Armed Services
- House Committee on Natural Resources
- House Committee on Armed Services: Intelligence and Special Operations
- House Committee on Armed Services: Seapower and Projection Forces
- House Committee on Natural Resources: Energy and Mineral Resources
- House Committee on Natural Resources: Federal Lands
- House Committee on Natural Resources: Water, Wildlife and Fisheries
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