Linda McMahon gets the nod for Connecticut Senate race

The Connecticut Republican Primary has just concluded, and Linda McMahon is their candidate for the open seat from Connecticut within the US Senate. One of the two seats is open. She’s the former CEO of WWE Entertainment and wife of Vince McMahon Jr. She quit the family business to run for the Senate seat, which Chris Dodd is retiring from as his term expires.

Linda McMahon is not running a kayfabe campaign

Part of Linda McMahon’s campaign is not taking any campaign contributions from public funds, Political Action Committees or special interests. She’s already spent $ 22 million of her own money and is just fine with more having to be doled out by November, as outlined by ABC. Her opponent Dick Blumenthal, the Democrat candidate, has served as Attorney General of Connecticut since 1991, after serving terms within the Connecticut House of Representatives and Connecticut Senate.

What platforms is she running on?

Linda McMahon is identified as a stringent neo-conservative. She advocates for fiscally conservative policies, specific deregulation and creating jobs within the private sector are big topics for her. She has come out in support of Obama’s strategy in Afghanistan, but is notably hawkish on Iran. She isn’t really afraid to break with Republican orthodoxy, as she has donated cash to a pro-choice PAC though she has said she’s opposed to partial-birth abortions. In an interview with the Connecticut Mirror, she came out as being warmer to LGBT rights than even the President, calling for the end of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and for gay marriage to be an issue for the states.

So what is the bottom line?

Well, it is an additional famous and rich person running for office. It’s not the first time someone has done so, but in fairness her organizational skills as CEO took her company to being almost as popular as NASCAR and is now the only publicly traded pro-wrestling organization. (The McMahons do own the majority of the shares.) She has some very popular platforms, and she may well prove to be exactly what voters are looking for. Now all that remains to be seen is what you’re going to do, brother, when Wrestle mania goes to DC?

More on this topic accessible at these websites

ABC News

abcnews.com/george/2010/08/linda-mcmahon-i-will-spend-what-it-takes.html

CT Mirror

ctmirror.org/story/5215/mcmahons-investment-produces-its-first-returns