Paul LePage wins GOP nod for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District
Former maine Gov. paul LePage secured the GOP nomination for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, running to flip the seat currently held by retiring Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME). LePage faces a Democrat in the general election, in a district that Trump won decisively in 2024, and Republicans believe they finally have a viable chance despite Golden previously holding the seat since 2018.
LePage served as governor from 2011 to 2019 and previously tried to win the district back in 2022, losing to Gov. Janet mills. Trump has endorsed LePage again, and recent polling has shown LePage performing well. The article also notes that Maine is expected to be a major battleground in 2026, wiht attention not onyl on this congressional contest but also on a closely watched senate race tied to Democratic candidate Graham Platner and surrounding scandals.
Former Gov. Paul LePage secured the GOP nomination for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District on Tuesday after running unopposed for one of the GOP’s major pickup opportunities.
LePage is running to flip the seat, which is currently held by retiring Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME). President Donald Trump won the district 53.5% in 2024 compared to former Vice President Kamala Harris’ 44.5%.
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House Republicans are bullish that LePage can flip the seat. Even though the district votes Republican at the federal level, the GOP has been unable to oust Golden since he first won in 2018.
LePage served as Maine’s governor from 2011 to 2019, after which he left office because of term limits. He sought to reclaim the seat in 2022, but lost to Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME). Despite losing by 12 percentage points to Mills, LePage narrowly carried the second district by 2 percentage points in the contest.
Trump endorsed LePage for his congressional bid last year, and re-upped his endorsement this week. Nearly every general election poll has shown LePage up.
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“Paul will most likely be running against a Radical Left Democrat named Matt Dunlap, who loves High Taxes, High Interest Rates, Expensive and Unreliable Electricity, Open Borders, and Transgender for Everybody, among other CRAZY ideas, but the good news is that Paul LePage is a WINNER, and has my Complete and Total Endorsement,” the president wrote on Truth Social.
Maine will be one of the most-watched states in the 2026 election, as the second congressional district remains in play for a Republican pickup. The Senate race, which Democrats have seen as a pickup to unseat Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), has been plagued by scandal with the presumptuous Democratic nominee Graham Platner.
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