# 2024 U.S. House election in Maine's district 2 — what pundits predicted

House · Election Day 2024-11-05 · certified.

## The ballot

- **Jared Forrest Golden (Democratic, incumbent) — won** · 50.3%
- Austin Theriault (Republican) · 49.7%

Result: Jared Forrest Golden by 0.6 points (general); held by the Democratic party going in. Source: wikipedia-2024-house.

## What the field called

- Austin Theriault: 2 picks (lost)
- Jared Forrest Golden: 2 picks (won)

## Every claim about this race (4)

- **Jacob Rubashkin** — Jared Forrest Golden wins ME-02 House seat (2024) (Race Winners, Oct 17, 2024) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/bde32958-5c7f-42b1-9b52-2a40709a685c)
- **Lakshya Jain** — Austin Theriault wins ME-02 House seat (2024) — “a 56% chance of winning” (Race Winners, Oct 5, 2024) — scored 0 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/5ca6bf1a-277c-439c-a100-dcae599b7250)
- **Lakshya Jain** — Austin Theriault wins ME-02 House seat (2024) — “a slight underdog against state senator Austin Theriault” (Race Winners, Sep 27, 2024) — scored 0 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/93bacb01-e322-4a10-a4ab-267263abceaa)
- **Nathan Gonzales** — Jared Forrest Golden wins ME-02 House seat (2024) — “tilt Democratic” (Race Winners, Sep 19, 2024) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/d25c17ca-e83a-402e-a4b3-01f6e877cfda)