Former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO and Republican Senate candidate Linda McMahon has a new ad in the Connecticut Senate race, clearly reaching out to women voters who might be turned off by her background in the raunchy entertainment world of pro-wrestling.
The ad shows two women going for a drive and talking about McMahon. One of the women says she likes what she hears about McMahon, but that the wrestling stuff is “not exactly my cup of tea.” The other woman responds: “It’s a soap opera…Look, she tamed the traveling show world of professional wrestling, turned it into a global company, and created 500 jobs here in Connecticut.”
The first woman responds: “Alright, you think she can shake things up in Washington?” The ad ends with the women declaring an exuberant “Oh, yeah.”
McMahon has already had an ad in which the candidate herself asked voters to look past the zany WWE material, referring to it as a “soap opera” that “isn’t real.”
The TPM Poll Average shows McMahon with a lead of 43.4%-29.6% in the Republican primary over former Rep. Rob Simmons — who appears to be suddenly jumping back into the race, after suspending his campaign in late May — plus 10.0% for financial commentator Peter Schiff. In the general election, she trails Democratic state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal by 52.5%-38,8%.
