McMahon Trails in Poll

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Linda McMahon, the Republican candidate for a Connecticut Senate seat who has reportedly spent over $40 million of her own money to win it, was still behind by almost 10% points, according to the Nov. 1 Quinnipiac University poll.

McMahon stepped down as CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment to run for the seat of retiring Senator Chris Dodd against Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal.

Blumenthal was said to be leading 53% to 44% Monday, though in an appearance on Fox News, McMahon said her own internal polls had the race at "pretty much a dead heat" and that the undecideds were breaking her way.    

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.