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Maine’s swing seat within the U.S. Home of Representatives, the second congressional district (CD 2), is within the highlight as two Republican candidates compete for the chance to sq. off with two-term incumbent Democrat Jared Golden in November.
The previous congressman who Golden unseated in 2018, Bruce Poliquin, 68, from Orrington, south of Bangor, who held the seat for 4 years and beforehand served as State Treasurer in the course of the administration of former Gov. Paul LePage, is operating for the Republican nomination. So is Liz Caruso, 52, a Maine rafting information who has served for 16 years on her city council within the small Kennebec River city of Caratunk.
Poliquin, a retired businessman, argues his Washington expertise and Home voting document makes him a stronger candidate. Caruso argues she higher understands the struggles of small enterprise house owners and rural Mainers.
Each Poliquin and Caruso oppose abortion rights, with sure exceptions, and most gun management measures whereas arguing a Republican majority within the Home will assist management authorities spending and enhance the financial system. Whereas former President Donald Trump carried the district twice, in 2016 and 2020, capturing its lone Electoral School vote, Golden gained 1,200 extra votes than Trump in CD 2 in 2020.
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