Susan Collins

Maine oysterman launches bid to unseat Republican US Senator Susan Collins

Graham Platner, a Marine and Army veteran, said he’s angered by how unlivable the northeasternmost US state has become for working-class people.

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: U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) speaks on behalf of one of U.S. President Donald Trump's judicial nominees during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 30, 2025.
Philippe Lazzarini, the Commissioner-General of the UNRWA, looks on during his visit to the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah June 2, 2021.

Two US senators demand UN terminate UNRWA commissioner

Rubio said Lazzarini has never taken proactive steps to root out antisemitism from within UNRWA or hold pro-terrorist employees accountable, according to the release. 

|ByHANNAH SARISOHN
Sara Gideon speaks to the media in her office at the Maine State House, July 3, 2017

Sara Gideon could flip Susan Collins’ Senate seat blue

Democrats nationwide think Gideon has momentum (first she has to clear a primary on Tuesday, but she is the favorite).

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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

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.

|ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA