Jared Golden dossier →

• Trade association PAC money contradicting 'no corporate PAC' pledge 393 days silent
  Expected position: Golden made a signature 2018 campaign promise to refuse all corporate PAC money, a pledge still advertised on his campaign website in 2025. He is expected to explain why trade association PACs — funded by the same corporations — are different. Evidence of activity on adjacent topics: In this period, Golden was active on campaign finance reform — he introduced the Government Integrity and Anti-Corruption Plan and was an original cosponsor of the Let America Vote Act. His August 2025 fundraising email reiterated the pledge: 'I made a pledge: I would never accept donations from corporate PACs.' Yet he never addressed the distinction between corporate PACs and trade association PACs in any public forum. Primary URL: https://politicalemails.org/emails/jared-golden/subject-i-made-a-promise-and-ive-kept-it
• Why he voted to allow trans-identifying athletes in women's sports 0 days silent
  Expected position: As a centrist Democrat representing a Trump-won district, Golden would be expected to explain a culturally salient vote to constituents. Evidence of activity on adjacent topics: Daily Caller reporter confronted Golden on May 19, 2025 asking why he voted in favor of allowing trans-identifying men to compete in women's sports. Golden refused to answer and walked away without comment. He has been active on other cultural issues including the SAVE Act and gun policy. Primary URL: https://www.themainewire.com/2025/05/daily-caller-exclusive-vulnerable-dem-rep-silent-when-asked-why-he-voted-to-allow-men-in-womens-sports/
• other / unclassified
  Interested donors: Citizens Organized Political Action Committee, Country Roads PAC, Supporting House Problem Solvers - Shp PAC, Unite America, Across The Aisle PAC, The Next 50 PAC, Sd PAC, Welcomepac, Winthecenter PAC
  Citizens Organized Political Action Committee, Country Roads PAC, Supporting House Problem Solvers - Shp PAC, Unite America, Across The Aisle PAC, The Next 50 PAC, Sd PAC, Welcomepac, Winthecenter PAC (amounts: $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $8,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2026), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026)) — interest area: other / unclassified
• ideological & single-issue
  Interested donors: End Citizens United, Progressive Turnout Project, No Labels PAC, With Honor PAC, Defend The Vote
  End Citizens United, Progressive Turnout Project, No Labels PAC, With Honor PAC, Defend The Vote (amounts: $10,000 (2024), $5,000 (2026), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $7,500 (2024)) — interest area: ideological & single-issue
• colleagues' leadership pacs
  Interested donors: Serve America PAC, Ca Luv PAC (California Leadership United For Victory PAC), Fair Shot PAC, PAC To The Future, Build America PAC, Victory In November Election PAC (Vinepa, Common Sense Colorado, American Defense And Military PAC, Blue Hen Federal PAC, Beepac (Building Economic Empowerment PAC), Hmp, Puget PAC, Backpac, Evergreen PAC, Jobs, Education, & Families First Jeff PAC, Joining Ideas To Motivate Movement For You (Jimmy PAC), Houlapac, AmeriPAC: The Fund for a Greater America, La Bamba PAC, Beyond Thoughts And Prayers PAC, Spike PAC, Great Chain PAC, Democratic Turnout Project PAC, Democratic Majority Fund, Blue Power PAC
  Serve America PAC, Ca Luv PAC (California Leadership United For Victory PAC), Fair Shot PAC, PAC To The Future, Build America PAC, Victory In November Election PAC (Vinepa, Common Sense Colorado, American Defense And Military PAC, Blue Hen Federal PAC, Beepac (Building Economic Empowerment PAC), Hmp, Puget PAC, Backpac, Evergreen PAC, Jobs, Education, & Families First Jeff PAC, Joining Ideas To Motivate Movement For You (Jimmy PAC), Houlapac, AmeriPAC: The Fund for a Greater America, La Bamba PAC, Beyond Thoughts And Prayers PAC, Spike PAC, Great Chain PAC, Democratic Turnout Project PAC, Democratic Majority Fund, Blue Power PAC (amounts: $5,000 (2026), $10,000 (2026), $10,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2024), $7,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2026), $7,500 (2024), $9,500 (2024), $10,000 (2026), $5,000 (2024), $10,000 (2026), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2024)) — interest area: colleagues' leadership pacs
• party committees
  Interested donors: VoteVets, Blue Dog PAC
  VoteVets, Blue Dog PAC (amounts: $7,500 (2026), $5,000 (2026)) — interest area: party committees

No platform-contradicting votes among 1879 votes on file. 0 aligned, 0 related.

No documented broken promises on file.

• reversal SCORE 90
  Golden opposed an assault weapons ban in 2022 as one of only five House Democrats to vote nay. After a mass shooting killed 18 people in his hometown of Lewiston, he publicly reversed, apologized for his 'failure,' and called on Congress to ban assault rifles. This is a direct reversal on the same policy question — banning assault-style weapons — triggered by a constituent tragedy.
• platform_vs_vote SCORE 90
  Golden's signature anti-corruption pledge to refuse corporate PAC money is contradicted by his acceptance of $116,000 in trade association PAC donations from groups funded by the same corporations — a distinction without a legal difference under FEC rules. His campaign defended this by noting trade association PACs are not technically 'corporate PACs.'
• position_evolution SCORE 60
  Golden publicly downplayed the 'unique threat' of a second Trump term in July 2024, then proceeded to vote with Republicans more than any other House Democrat in 2025 — including on government funding bills that Democratic leadership opposed. While not a direct reversal on a specific bill, this reflects a substantial evolution from initial skepticism about Trump's threat toward de facto alignment with the GOP legislative agenda.