Wrestling magnate McMahon makes another run in Connecticut

David Eldridge The Washington Times - August 14, 2012, 09:48PM

World Wrestling Entertainment executive Linda McMahon easily won the Republican Senate nomination in Connecticut on Tuesday, defeating former longtime congressman Chris Shays and setting up a November battle with Rep. Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat.

Mrs. McMahon lost to Sen. Richard Blumenthal in 2010 after putting more than $50 million of her own fortune into the race.

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David Eldridge

David Eldridge joined The Washington Times in 1999 and over the next seven years helped lead the paper’s coverage of regional politics and government, Sept. 11, and the sniper attacks of 2002. In 2006, he was named managing editor of the paper’s website before moving on to editing and reporting stints at Roll Call, the Hill and InsideSources. He returned …

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