Susan Rice Says She Won’t Challenge Susan Collins in 2020
Susan Rice, who served as national security adviser under President Barack Obama, won't be challenging Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine in 2020.
Susan Rice, President Barack Obama's nominee as national security adviser, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on June 5, 2013.
Photographer: Andrew HarrerNew York (AP) -- Susan Rice, who served as national security adviser under President Barack Obama, won't be challenging Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine in 2020.
Rice told former Obama administration official Alyssa Mastromonaco at the 10th annual Women in the World Summit on Thursday in New York that she loves Maine and that her family has deep roots in the state. But she said she decided with her family "that the timing really isn't right for us."