Rabbi Moses Teitelbaum, leader of the Satmar sect of Hasidic Jews, has died and a feud between is two sons over control of the sect could heat up.

Since the Satmar sect regularly throws as much as 50,000 or more votes - bloc-style - toward statewide candidates endorsed by religious leaders, who attains leadership of the Satmar could have an impact on close state races this year.

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