Connecticut: Dem Congressman Beats Wrestling Magnate for Lieberman's Seat

Bridget Johnson | 5:41 PM on November 06, 2012

A Democratic congressman has stopped wrestling magnate Linda McMahon’s second bid for a Senate seat in Connecticut.

With 4 percent of precincts reporting, Rep. Chris Murphy led his Republican challenger 65 percent to 33.7 percent.

The race was to fill the seat of retiring Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.).

McMahon tried for the Senate in 2010 but lost to Richard Blumenthal (D) by 12 percent. This time it was closer heading into Election Day, and she even ran an ad in which black supporters tell voters it’s OK to vote for both McMahon and Obama.

Obama appeared in a TV ad endorsing Murphy.

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Bridget Johnson is a veteran journalist whose news articles and analyses have run in dozens of news outlets across the globe. Bridget first came to Washington to be online editor at The Hill, where she wrote The World from The Hill column on foreign policy. Previously she was an opinion writer and editorial board member at the Rocky Mountain News and nation/world news columnist at the Los Angeles Daily News.

Bridget is a Senior Fellow specializing in terrorism analysis at the Haym Salomon Center. She is a Senior Risk Analyst for Gate 15, a homeland security risk management firm in the Beltway. She is an NPR contributor and has contributed to USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, National Review Online, Politico, New York Daily News, The Jerusalem Post, The Hill, New York Observer, Washington Times, RealClearWorld and more, and has myriad television and radio credits including Al-Jazeera and SiriusXM. Bridget is Washington Editor for PJ Media.

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