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U.S. Representative · ME · District 2

Jared F. Golden

DemocratTerm through January 2027

Funding profile · 2023–2024 cycle

14% of the money Golden raised came from small donors.

More grassroots-funded than 78% of the House.

Golden raised $7.9M across the two-year election cycle (2023–2024), and ended the period with $127K cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.

14%from small donors
Small donors
14%$1.1M
Large donors
56%$4.4M
Bundled
9%$0.7M
PACs
13%$1.0M
Other
9%$0.7M

Against the house

How Golden compares to the typical member.

Small-donor share
14%vs 5% house median
PAC share
13%vs 37% house median

Who has a stake in Golden

The organizations behind the money.

Golden's largest organized backing comes from AIPAC. That counts the group's own PAC check plus the individual donations it bundled, not just the direct check.

Money organized for Golden

AIPAC›

$593K

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby that both gives directly and bundles individual donations; its super PAC (United Democracy Project) runs large independent campaigns in primaries.

Who it funds, across Congress

59% Democrats · 40% Republicans · $38.7M to 359 members

Outside spending, by party

Spent $13.9M to elect Democrats; $5.0M to defeat Democrats.

Ameripac: The Fund For A Greater America›$36K

Who it funds, across Congress

100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $1.0M to 79 members

Fair Shot PAC›$23K

Who it funds, across Congress

100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $914K to 102 members

National Association Of Broadcasters PAC›$20K

The National Association of Broadcasters' PAC, representing TV and radio station owners.

Who it funds, across Congress

47% Democrats · 53% Republicans · $1.5M to 255 members

NORPAC›$19K

A pro-Israel political action committee that bundles individual donations to candidates it judges supportive of the U.S. relationship with Israel.

Who it funds, across Congress

40% Democrats · 59% Republicans · $2.2M to 82 members

› What is organized money?

An organization reaches a member two ways. Its own PAC writes a direct check. And it bundles: it gathers individual donations from its supporters and routes them through its conduit. Both count here as one “organized” total. The bundled part is already inside the individual giving shown in the funding mix above. Here it is regrouped by the organization that gathered it, so you can see who did the organizing.

The same money, by industry

Which industries have a stake.

The same organized money, grouped by the industry of the organization that moved it. It shows the interests behind Golden's backing, not just the individual groups.

$624KPro-Israel
$162KLabor
$90KIdeological
$37KAg & Food
$36KFinance

Plus $397K from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.

The money spent about Golden

Spent for or against.

Outside groups also spend on their own to elect or defeat Golden, running ads for or against the race. This money never passes through the campaign, so it is counted apart from the money organized for Golden.

All outside groups11% to help, 89% to hurt$12.2M
  1. Congressional Leadership Fund›$4.8M
    To help Golden
    —
    To hurt Golden
    $4.8M

    The super PAC aligned with House Republican leadership.

  2. Restoration PAC$3.1M
    To help Golden
    —
    To hurt Golden
    $3.1M
  3. NRCC›$1.6M
    To help Golden
    —
    To hurt Golden
    $1.6M

    The National Republican Congressional Committee, the party committee for electing House Republicans.

  4. With Honor Fund II,$935K
    To help Golden
    $935K
    To hurt Golden
    —
  5. Strategic Majority PAC$474K
    To help Golden
    —
    To hurt Golden
    $474K

FEC filings, 2023–2024 cycle · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 221 organizations with a stake

About this data

FEC-disclosed receipts for the 2023–2024 cycle. This is the disclosed money only. Spending by outside groups that do not reveal their donors, the dark money that set a record in 2024, never appears in these figures.

Every percentage here is a share of all receipts, not of individual contributions only. So the small-donor share counts transfers, loans, and other money in its base, and can read higher than figures that divide only by individual money.

PAC figures are contributions to Golden's campaign committee from FEC filings. Industry labels are grouped from each committee's name and are approximate. Joint fundraising committees and small-dollar conduits like ActBlue and WinRed are not counted.

84%want dark money disclosed

Support for requiring the groups that spend on elections to name their donors, across both parties. Congress has not passed the DISCLOSE Act.

Where Golden stands