Who is Sara Gideon, Indian-origin Politician and Mom That Obama is Endorsing for US Senate?
News 18Even as Maine’s Democrat senatorial candidate is giving a tough fight to the incumbent Republican Senator Susan Collins in the United States, the Indian-origin Democrat and current Speaker of the Maine State Assembly Sara Gideon is making news in the US as well as India. Considering that a win for Gideon would bring the Democrats a step closer to wresting Senate from the Republicans, her victory might play into the larger benefit of several sections of Jews and Jewish PACs that are more inclined to support the Democrats under Donald Trump’s polarised regime. Join our family in making calls before the #MESen primary on Tuesday—sign up here: https://t.co/9HyE1nqa5F pic.twitter.com/fnRieT7k13— Sara Gideon July 12, 2020 The news brought cheer on social media with many Indian-Americans expressing delight at Gideon’s prospects. If Sara Gideon wins, there will be two half-Indian Democratic women serving in the U.S. Senate.— Krishan Patel June 15, 2019 If Maine does the right things, we can have one whole Indian senator between Sara Gideon and Kamala Harris https://t.co/vlVnHncAmI— Vinny Venkat July 15, 2020 In her Twitter bio, Gideon describes herself first as a ‘Mom’ and then a politician.