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Connecticut Republicans are backing former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as their Senate nominee.
(CNN)- Connecticut Republicans are backing former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as their Senate nominee.
On the GOP side, former wrestling executive Linda McMahon and former Rep. Rob Simmons are considering running again.
Linda E. McMahon, a former wrestling executive, easily captured Connecticut's Republican Senate primary last night, clinching a second chance to run for a position she failed to win two years ago.
Murphy's win marked the second straight defeat for former wrestling executive Linda McMahon, who spent $ 50 million of her own wealth in a failed effort against Sen. Richard Blumenthal in 2010 and more than $ 42 million this election cycle.
Not exact matches
He did not speak specifically to any appointees other than Carson, but Democrats have expressed dismay over the selection of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions for U.S. Attorney General, fast food executive Andrew Puzder to head the Department of Labor, former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon to lead the Small Business Administration, mega-investor Wilbur Ross for the Department of Commerce, billionaire businesswoman Betsy Devos for the Department of Education, ex-Goldman Sachs executive Steven Mnuchin for Department of of the Treasury and Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt for the Environmental Protection Agency.
In a rare display of bipartisanship, the U.S. Senate voted 81 - 19 to confirm former wrestling entertainment executive Linda McMahon to lead the Small Business Administration as part of Trump's cabinet.
Linda McMahon, the former pro wrestling executive who heads the Trump administration's Small Business Administration, is scheduled to visit Buffalo next Tuesday.
(CNN)- A new poll suggests that big bucks are helping a former professional wrestling executive surge to the top in the battle for the Republican Senate nomination in Connecticut.
Linda McMahon, a former pro wrestling executive turned Senate candidate, leads her nearest Connecticut GOP primary challenger by 10 points in a new poll.
(CNN)- Democrat Richard Blumenthal has won the Connecticut Senate seat left open by retiring Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd, CNN projects, beating out Republican nominee Linda McMahon, a wealthy former professional wrestling executive.