Trump endorses former NASCAR driver in Maine contest to unseat Jared Golden

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Former President Donald Trump endorsed Maine state Rep. Austin Theriault, former NASCAR driver, in the 2024 elections on Wednesday, slamming incumbent Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) for being “completely beholden to the Radical Left.”

Theriault is running to outseat Golden in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, which Trump carried in the 2016 and 2020 elections and earned him an electoral vote, despite former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and now-President Joe Biden winning the Pine Tree State in their respective years.

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