Tag Archives: Linda McMahon

DeSantis Defends WWE Move: We’re Watching Reruns

The Tampa Bay Times reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday defended declaring professional wrestling an essential service and raised the possibility of holding other televised sporting events in empty venues as people shelter at home amid the coronavirus pandemic. DeSantis said people are “starved” for new entertainment, a day after it was reported he gave the green light to the …

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DeSantis Rules Pro Wrestling As An Essential Business, Wife Of WWE Owner Is Head Of Pro-Trump Super PAC

ESPN reports: WWE was deemed an “essential business” in Florida, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said Monday, allowing the company to resume live television shows from its Orlando training facility and Full Sail University in Winter Park. The decision, outlined in an April 9 memo from Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office, could open the door for other sports to resume in …

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Linda McMahon Loses Senate Race

Hello, Sen. Chris Murphy!

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GOP Senate Candidate Linda McMahon Reverses: I Would Vote To Repeal DOMA

Quite surprising. But welcome.

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CONNECTICUT: Wrestling Maven Linda McMahon Buys GOP Senate Primary Win

Tea Party candidate and pro wrestling jillionaire Linda McMahon won today’s GOP Senate primary in Connecticut after outspending her moderate opponent by 12-1. In defeating Christopher Shays, a former United States representative and longtime fixture in moderate politics in the state, Ms. McMahon underscored the power of being an outside candidate, as well as a wealthy one. She outspent her …

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CONNECTICUT: Wrestling Maven Linda McMahon Loses To AG Blumenthal

Connecticut AG Richard Blumenthal picked up retiring Sen. Chris Dodd’s Senate seat after an ugly battle with GOP pro wrestling zillionaire Linda McMahon. NICE. A happy surprise.

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CONNECTICUT: Ad Slams WWE CEO Linda McMahon For Dead Wrestlers

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CONNECTICUT: Richard Blumenthal Leads Linda McMahon By Slim Margin

When professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon first announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate, many scoffed. (Including me.) But she won the GOP primary and now narrowly trails Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal in the race for the seat of retiring Sen. Chris Dodd.

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What Do We Think Of Linda McMahon?

I’m trying to figure out where we should stand on former WWE president Linda McMahon and her run for Chris Dodd’s Senate seat. The issues section of McMahon’s campaign site makes no mention of LGBT rights or same-sex marriage and a Google search on her name and those issues yields little. Dodd is retiring at the end of his current …

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Pro Wrestling’s Linda McMahon To Run For Senate Against Chris Dodd (D-CT)

WWE CEO Linda McMahon, wife of pro-wrestling mogul Vince McMahon, has announced her candidacy to unseat Sen. Chris Dodd in Connecticut. McMahon, who is 60 and lives in Greenwich, is joining an increasingly crowded Republican field hoping to oust the man many perceive as the Senate’s weakest incumbent, Connecticut Democrat Christopher J. Dodd. “I have spent the past 30 years …

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