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Linda McMahon

Party
Republican
Office Sought:
US Senate, CT

Linda Marie McMahon (née Edwards) (born October 4, 1948) is an American pro-wrestling business magnate and politician noted for her career managing World Wrestling Entertainment. With her husband Vince McMahon, she managed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) from 1980 until 2009, building it from a small regional company into a billion-dollar international organization.

Source: Wikipedia

Campaign Finance

$41,474,257 Received
Information

Figures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:

  • contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
  • only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
  • contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
  • corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
  • organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.

For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.

Latest FEC Data

covers through candidate's October 17, 2012 filing. independent expenditures updated daily.
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  • Summary

    overview of how much the candidate raised and spent, and who contributed it
    Total Raised:
    $41,474,257 #1 of 62 Senate candidates
    Total Spent:
    $36,072,245 #1 of 62 Senate candidates
    Cash on Hand:
    $5,505,569 #3 of 62 Senate candidates

  • Contributions Over Time

    reflects only contributions over $200, as smaller contributions are not individually reported. For some candidates a significant portion of their fundraising may not be captured by this chart.

  • Independent Expenditures

    outside groups that spent money supporting or opposing the candidate
    Committee Name Support/Oppose Total Spending
    Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte
    Oppose
    		 $3,771,646
    Majority PAC
    Oppose
    		 $2,538,019
    American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees
    Oppose
    		 $259,021
    Patriot Majority Usa
    Oppose
    		 $205,769
    Service Employees International Union
    Oppose
    		 $133,220
    American Unity PAC Inc
    Support
    		 $130,525
    International Assn of Fire Fighters
    Oppose
    		 $99,789
    Working for Us PAC
    Oppose
    		 $55,251
    Freedomworks For America
    Support
    		 $50,014
    Planned Parenthood
    Oppose
    		 $33,810
note: data comes from latest FEC filings and has not been cleaned or standardized. See section below for standardized data.

Donor Information

covers through June 2012. may lag behind FEC section above, as donors and industries are identified by hand.

  • Top Industries

    OpenSecrets.org and FollowTheMoney.org classify contribution data into about 100 industries.
    62% of the total amount raised came from an identifiable industry.

  • In State vs. Out of State

    contributions from individuals, in dollars

  • Top Contributors

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    PAC
    Includes contributions from an organization’s employees, their family members and its political action committee.
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