ME-02: Democrats Accuse Republicans of Meddling in High-Stakes Maine Primary

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Republicans have appeared to use shadowy super PACs to meddle in a series of Democratic primary contests this year, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to elevate candidates they see as weak or controversial.

Democrats say the latest case is in their primary contest for Maine’s Second Congressional District, pointing to a mysterious out-of-state group that has poured more than $500,000 into a race that is one of the country’s most competitive general-election battles.

Four candidates are vying on Tuesday for the nomination to succeed the retiring Representative Jared Golden in the most Republican-leaning seat held by any Democrat in the House.

Mr. Golden’s retirement bolstered the G.O.P.’s chances of flipping the vast, largely rural district, which he won with 50.3 percent of the vote — the margin of victory was fewer than 3,000 ballots — against a Republican challenger in 2024. President Trump won the district that year by nine percentage points.




https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/us/politics/democrats-republican-meddling-matt-dunlap-joe-baldacci.html