{"id":139856,"date":"2025-11-05T21:15:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T21:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=139856"},"modified":"2025-11-05T21:15:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T21:15:30","slug":"battleground-rep-jared-golden-will-not-seek-reelection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=139856","title":{"rendered":"Battleground Rep. Jared Golden will not seek reelection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Politics<\/p>\n<p>Battleground Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) \u2014 who has thwarted repeated GOP efforts to unseat him in a red district \u2014 will not seek reelection, writing in an op-ed Wednesday \u201cthat now is the right time to step away from elected office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Golden was facing both a primary challenge from his left and a strong challenge from former Maine GOP Gov. Paul LePage in the state\u2019s 2nd District, which President Donald Trump won by about 10 points in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have never loved politics,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangordailynews.com\/2025\/11\/05\/opinion\/opinion-contributor\/jared-golden-why-i-wont-seek-reelection-column\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Golden wrote in the Bangor Daily News<\/a>. \u201cBut I find purpose and meaning in service, and the Marine in me has been able to slog along through the many aspects of politics I dislike by focusing on the good work that Congress is capable of producing with patience and determination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is a breaking news story that will be updated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/11\/05\/jared-golden-retire-2026-election-00638182\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Politics Battleground Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) \u2014 who has thwarted repeated GOP efforts to unseat him in a red district \u2014 will not seek reelection, writing in an op-ed&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139856"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=139856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139856\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=139856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=139856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=139856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}