Linda McMahon - Electoral History

Electoral History

Primary
Republican United States Senatorial Primary Election in Connecticut, 2010
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Republican Linda McMahon 60,479 49.44%
Republican Rob Simmons* 34,011 27.80%
Republican Peter Schiff** 27,831 22.75%
Totals 122,321 100%
United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Richard Blumenthal 636,040 55.16% -11.20%
Republican Linda E. McMahon 498,341 43.22% +11.08%
Independent Warren B. Mosler 11,275 0.98% N/A
Connecticut for Lieberman Dr. John Mertens 6,735 0.58% N/A
Write-in Write-in candidates (8) 724 0.06% N/A
Majority 137,755 11.95%
Total votes 1,153,115 100%
Democratic hold

Republican United States Senatorial Primary Election in Connecticut, 2012
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Republican Linda McMahon 83,413 72.7%
Republican Chris Shays 31,305 27.3%
Totals 114,718 100%
United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Chris Murphy 785,075 55.0%
Republican Linda McMahon 615,273 43.3%
Libertarian Paul Passarelli 24,658 1.7%
Majority
Turnout

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