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Linda McMahon won the GOP primary for the US Senate seat currently held by retiring Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd, who, it was determined early on, didn’t stand a chance of being re-elected. So the Dems nominated Richard Blumenthal, a popular Connecticut Democrat, after realizing the GOP was well on its way to nominating someone with the name recognition of Linda McMahon.

McMahon received approximately 49 percent of the vote, while Rob Simmons got 28 percent and Peter Schiff 23 percent. The national Democratic machine was quick to attack McMahon along all the predictable lines of attack for a former CEO of a company like WWE. Whether voters in Connecticut will respond to such fear-mongering or vote on the issues remains to be seen.

McMahon might be more resilient to criticism if she had run a medical assistant school rather than WWE; yet her company’s product has certainly kept her in touch with blue-collar voters.