MAINE PUBLIC • May 5, 2025
Former Gov. Paul LePage announced Monday that he's running for Maine's 2nd Congressional District seat. LePage served two terms as Maine's governor and left office in 2019, the same year Democratic Congressman Jared Golden kicked off his first term.Now LePage is seeking to challenge Golden for a seat that the Democrat has managed to hold despite skewing conservative since President Donald Trump was first elected in 2016. He has often been described as a Trump prototype.