In a development many Jews find terrifying, Nazi tattoo candidate Graham Platner won Tuesday’s primary election in Maine. The Democrat will face off against Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) for the Senate seat in the general election.

The two already began the sparring.

“Susan Collins may have started her career decades ago in Washington with good intentions, but she has become just as spineless and corrupt as the establishment she now serves,” Platner said during his victory speech. “She got elected promising to protect Roe versus Wade, only to turn around and put on a justice, but a justice of Supreme Court who overturned it. She lied to us.”

“Mainers aren’t looking for bitter campaigns, grand promises, or angry speeches riddled with lies,” Collins countered. “They’re looking for results. They want affordable health care, safe communities, good-paying jobs, strong schools, and someone who will show up and do the work.”

The race is worrying Jews who feel that Platner’s Nazi tattoo should have been disqualifying, signifying an ominous normalization of antisemitism within the Democratic Party, with Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) blasting his own party for putting Platner forward.

Support for the Democratic Party among Jews, a traditionally Democratic bloc, began to slip after Oct. 7 as antisemitism rose on the left.

Platner is a veteran and an oyster farmer whose business has drawn scrutiny. His financial disclosures list his mother’s restaurant as his sole customer, casting doubt on his portrayal of himself as a hard-working, blue-collar type. Growing up in an affluent household with a mother who owns an upscale restaurant and his attorney father has also challenged this narrative.

Worse yet, his campaign got off to a rocky start when it was revealed that he sported a Nazi Totenkopf (deaths-head) tattoo, which he claimed not to have known had Nazi origins. He has since had it inked over with a Celtic symbol, but his former campaign manager, Genevieve McDonald, said he had always understood the implications of the tattoo. Platner’s former girlfriends and acquaintances also confirmed her account.

Platner’s candidacy has also been troubled by allegations of physical abuse of a former girlfriend and a sexting scandal during his marriage.

“I’ve made mistakes in my life, mistakes that I regret, that I live with and I continue to learn from,” Platner said Tuesday, referring to these issues. “It is my job to earn your trust, faith and support … Redemption is not just some simple or easy destination.”