State auditor Dunlap inches toward primary challenge against Golden

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State auditor and former secretary of state Matthew Dunlap appears to be inching closer to launching a primary challenge against Maine’s 2nd District U.S. Rep. Jared Golden. Dunlap, 60, filed paperwork last week with the Internal Revenue Service establishing a political organization called “Dunlap for Congress.” The filing was first reported by Bloomberg News. The Democrat from Old Town has been mulling a possible primary challenge for months, originally giving himself an early October deadline. State auditor Matthew Dunlap of Old Town is mulling a primary challenge against U.S. Rep. Jared Golden. U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, D-2nd District (Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer)Dunlap has been the state auditor since 2022.