Sen. Susan Collins is facing a major challenge in Maine

Sara Gideon, who is favored to win the Democratic primary on Tuesday, is drawing support from Maine’s 10,000-15,000 Jews and from national political Jewish organizations.

Left: Sara Gideon, speaker of the Maine House of Representatives (Ben McCanna/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images); right: Sen. Susan Collins in Washington, April 3, 2019

(photo credit: PAUL MORIGI/GETTY IMAGES FOR NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MUSEUM'S WOMEN MAKING HISTORY AWARDS/GETTY IMA)

ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA

JULY 10, 2020 18:24

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