{"id":2509767,"date":"2025-11-12T14:44:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T19:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maine-democrat-jordan-wood-ends-senate-bid-to-pursue-house-run\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T14:45:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T19:45:19","slug":"maine-democrat-jordan-wood-ends-senate-bid-to-pursue-house-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maine-democrat-jordan-wood-ends-senate-bid-to-pursue-house-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine Democrat Jordan Wood ends Senate bid to pursue House run"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmaine-democrat-jordan-wood-ends-senate-bid-to-pursue-house-run%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2509767&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Jordan Wood, a Maine Democrat, has ended his bid for the U.S. Senate to rather run for the U.S.House of Representatives in maine&#8217;s 2nd Congressional District. This decision follows incumbent Rep. Jared Golden&#8217;s proclamation that he will not seek reelection, leaving one of the nation&#8217;s most competitive House races open. Wood, previously competing in a contested Senate primary against candidates including Governor Janet Mills and progressive oysterman graham Platner, is shifting his campaign to focus on the House district. Although currently living outside the district, Wood plans to move within its boundaries and bring his Senate campaign funds-over $920,000 cash on hand-into the new race.<\/p>\n<p>Wood faces competition in the Democratic primary from state auditor Matt Dunlap. the eventual Democratic nominee is expected to run against former Republican Governor Paul LePage, who has substantial campaign funding. Wood has criticized eight Senate Democrats who supported a funding bill ending the government shutdown, expressing disappointment with the party&#8217;s direction.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Wood served as chief of staff for progressive Rep. Katie Porter and has been involved in several liberal nonprofits. He defended Porter amid recent controversy over her interactions with staff. Wood, who is openly gay, condemned platner&#8217;s inflammatory past online posts targeting various groups, emphasizing their offensive and threatening nature.<\/p>\n<p>Golden&#8217;s decision to retire was partly influenced by concerns about rising political violence, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >including recent assassination attempts<\/a> against prominent figures and threats to his family.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Maine Democrat Jordan Wood ends Senate bid to pursue House run<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2399619\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Democrat Jordan Wood announced on Wednesday his entry into a battleground <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/house\/\">House<\/a> race in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maine\/\">Maine<\/a> after incumbent Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jared-golden\/\">Jared Golden<\/a> (D-ME) revealed he will not run for reelection.<\/p>\n<p>Wood was running in Maine&rsquo;s Senate Democratic <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/primaries\/\">primary<\/a>, a heated race involving progressive oysterman Graham Platner and Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/janet-mills\/\">Janet Mills<\/a> (D-ME), prior to his announcement. However, he dropped that bid in favor of a House run.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3884042\/graham-platner-online-posts-put-democrat-in-deep-water-poll\/\">Graham Platner&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/platners-online-posts-put-democrat-in-deep-water-poll-shows\/\" title=\"Platner&#039;s online posts put Democrat in deep water, poll shows\">online pro-communism<\/a>, anti-white, anti-police posts put Democrat in deep water: Poll<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3883873\/former-virginia-house-democrat-elaine-luria-launches-comeback-bid\/\">Former Virginia House Democrat launches comeback bid after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-virginia-house-democrat-launches-comeback-bid-for-2026\/\" title=\"Former Virginia ... Democrat launches comeback ... for 2026\">elections give party boost<\/a> in state<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3883448\/air-travel-delays-after-government-shutdown\/\">Government may reopen, but air travel chaos is far from over<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Last week, Jared Golden announced that he&rsquo;s not running for reelection, leaving open one of the most competitive House races in the entire country,&rdquo; Wood <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JordanWoodME\/status\/1988579677561323577\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;So I&rsquo;m stepping up, where I&rsquo;m needed most, right here in the 2nd District.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Wood lives 20 miles outside the district but <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2025\/11\/12\/congress\/jordan-wood-maine-2nd-district-00647047\">said<\/a> he is moving within its borders, bringing with him his Senate campaign <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/candidate\/S6ME00332\/?cycle=2026&amp;election_full=true\">funding<\/a> haul, which ended September with over $920,000 cash on hand, including a $250,000 loan.<\/p>\n<p>Running against Wood in the Democratic primary is Matt Dunlap, the state auditor. The winner will likely face two-term former Gov. Paul LePage, a Republican whose campaign <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/candidate\/H6ME02148\/?cycle=2026&amp;election_full=true\">had<\/a> $716,000 cash on hand at the end of September.<\/p>\n<p>Wood criticized the eight Senate Democrats who sided with Republicans on Sunday to pass a funding bill that would end the government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;America needs an opposition party willing to fight for them,&rdquo; Wood <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JordanWoodME\/status\/1987747827162763669\">wrote<\/a> on X. &ldquo;This &lsquo;deal&rsquo; isn&rsquo;t that. Sad night for the Democratic Party and our country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Maine Democrat was the former chief of staff for progressive Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/katie-porter\/\">Katie Porter<\/a> (D-CA) and has helped lead several liberal nonprofit organizations. Porter has drawn criticism after clips of her <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AlexThomp\/status\/1976046040097956261\">scolding<\/a> staff and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AlexThomp\/status\/1975722748988289224\">leaving<\/a> a filmed interview in frustration surfaced.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She&rsquo;s tough, yes, but she&rsquo;s also decent and accountable,&rdquo; Wood <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/gay-maine-man-seeking-susan-191008665.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJIQRjCModpN7DxeRzKPflwmTGmyLu5bB8Lj6sS_neHRaHuvX-JHV-3vMSzI17z9BxHwX3dAliYanBA6Rgaddq-nB0nHyJw1HCIcse-T5xLO1z_i053Vp-iEVKuzda9Xh9oAjsoMjFuCs91d_xEW3IoTbLg8h5z0Uu-bn9kbThUT\">told<\/a> the<em> Advocate<\/em> in defense of his former boss. In the same interview, he condemned Platner&rsquo;s old online posts.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What I saw was someone who doesn&rsquo;t understand what&rsquo;s wrong with these statements &mdash; how offensive and threatening they are, not just to LGBTQ people, but to people of color and women,&rdquo; said Wood, who is gay.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3884042\/graham-platner-online-posts-put-democrat-in-deep-water-poll\/\"><strong>GRAHAM PLATNER&rsquo;S ONLINE PRO-COMMUNISM, ANTI-WHITE, ANTI-POLICE POSTS PUT DEMOCRAT IN DEEP WATER: POLL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Golden&rsquo;s retirement announcement, which opened the way for Wood&rsquo;s run, was partially motivated by recent acts of political violence, such as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/charlie-kirk\/\">Charlie Kirk<\/a>&lsquo;s murder and the assassination attempts against President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> and Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/josh-shapiro\/\">Josh Shapiro<\/a> (D-PA).<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These have made me reconsider the experiences of my own family, including all of us sitting in a hotel room on Thanksgiving last year after yet another threat against our home,&rdquo; Golden <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bangordailynews.com\/2025\/11\/05\/opinion\/opinion-contributor\/jared-golden-why-i-wont-seek-reelection-column\/\">wrote<\/a> in an op-ed for the <em>Bangor Daily News<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maine&#8217;s Jordan Wood drops Senate bid to run for House seat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3892,"featured_media":2509768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25316643855464.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4912,66971,66970,9148,34864],"class_list":["post-2509767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democrat","tag-house-run","tag-jordan-wood","tag-maine","tag-senate-bid"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25316643855464.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3892"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2509767"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2509772,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509767\/revisions\/2509772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2509768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2509767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2509767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2509767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}