News Source: The Advocate
| 2 months ago
Linda McMahon, a founder of Stamford-based World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., on Wednesday officially announced her plans to run as a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate. "I really couldn't stand on the sidelines anymore," McMahon said in a...
News Source: The Hill
| 2 months ago
She will self-fund her campaign almost exclusively and, thanks to her billion-dollar business, could be one of the top self-funders in history. But if you’re expecting Hulk Hogan or Randy “Macho Man” Savage when McMahon is on the stump, the...
News Source: OpenSecrets.org
| 2 months ago
McMahon and husband Vince McMahon, who is the chairman of the WWE, have contributed nearly $90,000 to federal candidates and committees since 1989, the Center for Responsive Politics has found. And of this sum, 51 percent has gone to Democrats and 47...
News Source: The New York Times
| 2 months ago
But the race for United States Senate in Connecticut just got a little more interesting. Linda E. McMahon , who has presided over the sprawling World Wrestling Entertainment empire as its chief executive, announced on Wednesday that she was seeking...
News Source: Virginian-Pilot Online
| 2 months ago
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. said Wednesday McMahon has resigned as the company's chief executive to seek the Republican nomination for Dodd's Connecticut seat, providing a show-business twist to one of the nation's marquee Senate races.
News Source: Gawker
| 2 months ago
World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon is going to run for Senate from Connecticut, as a Republican, against Joe Lieberman Chris Dodd (whoops!)...McMahon has been stepping up her support of the Connecticut Republican party, having been...