A Maine Democrat is taking on one of his own.

On Monday, Maine State Auditor Matthew Dunlap announced he’s challenging Rep. Jared Golden in next year’s Democratic primary—a rare move that tests just how much appetite the party has for a harder edge inside one of the country’s most competitive House districts.

Golden, in his fourth term of representing Maine’s rural 2nd District, was the lone House Democrat to back the Republican-led funding package ahead of the GOP’s government shutdown. In an interview with The Washington Post, Dunlap said that the vote was the final straw, accusing Golden of siding with Republicans too often and promising to “take a harder line” against President Donald Trump.

“What people really want is someone who’s going to fight for them for the things they care a

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