SUN JOURNAL • November 15, 2021
A leading critic of the hydropower transmission line through western Maine has leaped into the Republican primary field in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District. Elizabeth Caruso, the top elected official in tiny Caratunk in Somerset County, filed paperwork Friday to enter the increasingly crowded GOP contest for the chance to take on two-term U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, a Lewiston Democrat. Golden is among the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents because his sprawling district leans Republican. Caruso, who could not be reached, has been the first selectman of her 66-person town since 2006 and has used the position in recent years to fight the proposed electrical transmission line under construction.