Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 11.6.25: Maine’s Jared Golden joins the retirement parade Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country. Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.

Democratic congressman Jared Golden has announced his retirement, saying he will not be running for re-election in his battleground Maine district. The 43-year-old cited political violence and extreme polarisation in the US as reasons why he is leaving office, penning an opinion piece published in his hometown newspaper.

For the past seven years, Rep. Jared Golden has held the reddest district of any House Democrat in the country. One of the few members of Congress in recent years who has been willing to break with the party line — on issues ranging from gun laws,

Pointing to “the plain nastiness” of politics and threats he has faced, Representative Jared Golden of Maine will retire instead of trying to keep the reddest House seat held by a Democrat.

Maine's competitive House race shifts toward Republicans after Democrat Jared Golden announces retirement from Congress, shaking up 2026 election predictions.