CONNECTICUT
      Nov. 2, 2010 U.S. Senate

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+Richard Blumenthal (D, WF)
636,040
 		55.19%
Linda McMahon (R)
 		498,341
 		43.24%
Warren B. Mosler (I)
 		11,275
 		0.98%
Dr. John Mertens (L)
 		6,735
 		0.58%

1,152,391
Registered Voters: 2,245,844.  Voters Checked: 1,292,847.
Plurality: 137,699 votes (11.94 percentage points).
 CT Secretary of State



Notes:  Sen. Chris Dodd (D) announced on Jan. 6, 2010 that he would not seek re-election.  Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal (D) defeated former WWE CEO Linda McMahon (R) and two other candidates to keep the seat in Democratic hands.

Following Dodd's announcement, Blumenthal quickly entered the race.  He was first elected Attorney General in 1990 and was serving his fifth term; previously he served in the Connecticut Senate and House, and as U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut during the Carter Administration.  In May, following reporting by the New York Times, Blumenthal faced controversy over misleading statements in which he had stated or implied multiple times over the years that he had served in Vietnam.

McMahon received Connecticut Republicans' endorsement at their convention in Hartford on May 21, but former U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons proceeded with a primary challenge and broker/economist Peter David Schiff successfully petitioned to get on the ballot.  In the Aug. 10 primary, McMahon defeated Simmons and Schiff by 49.4% to 27.8% and 22.8% with 122,321 votes tallied.

Blumenthal and McMahon debated several times:

Oct. 4 - at the Bushnell in Hartford hosted by FOX Connecticut and the Hartford Courant (>);

Oct. 7 - in Norwalk, hosted by business groups and broadcast by News 12 Connecticut (>);

Oct. 12 - at the Garde Arts Center in New London, sponsored by News 8 and The Day in cooperation with the League of Women Voters (>).

McMahon's campaign was almost entirely self-financed; she spent a bit over $50 million of her own funds.  By comparison, according to Open Secrets, the Blumenthal campaign spent $8.7 million (>).



Campaign Managers:
Richard Blumenthal:  Mindy Myers
(Apr. 2010) Chief of staff to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) from Nov. 2006, took leave of absence to work on the Blumenthal campaign.  New Hampshire state director on Obama for America, July-Nov. 2008.  Campaign manager on Sheldon Whitehouse for Senate, 2005-06.  Political director for Sen. Tom Daschle/Office of the Democratic Leader/DASH PAC, 2003-Apr. 2005.  Deputy director for constituency outreach on Gore 2000.  Special assistant in the Legislative Affairs Office at the White House in the Clinton Administration.  Attended American University.  Grew up in Lancaster, PA.

Linda McMahon:  David Cappiello
(Oct. 2009)  Senior policy advisor to the Connecticut Senate Republican Caucus, Jan.-Oct. 2009.  State senator representing the 24th District, Jan. 1999-Jan. 2009.  Candidate for Congress in the 5th District, Apr. 2007-Nov. 2008.  Senior loan officer at Flagstar Bank, Jan. 2000-Dec. 2007.  Loan officer at Northeast Mortgage Corporation, June 1997-Dec. 1999.  State representatitve representing the 138th District, Jan. 1995-Jan. 1999.  Director of admissions and marketing for Norwalk Nursing and Rehabilitation, Feb. 1995-June 1997.  B.A.Sc. in justice and law administration from Western Connecticut State University, 1992.


See also:
--.  "Linda McMahon Spends $50 Million On Losing Cause."  Hartford Courant, Dec. 9, 2010.

Brian Lockhart.  "McMahon wins GOP endorsement."  News-Times, May 22, 2010.

Raymond Hernandez.  "Richard Blumenthal's Words on Vietnam Service Differ From History."  The New York Times, May 17, 2010.

Michael Levenson.  "Conn. AG quickly surfaces as potential Dodd successor."  Boston Globe, Jan. 7, 2010.




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