Connecticut’s McMahon No.4 All-Time Self-Funder

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Only three Congressional candidates in history have donated more personal money to their campaigns than Connecticut Senate hopeful Linda McMahon, and she’s hardly done spending yet.

The former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment just exceeded the $22 million mark, making her No. 4 on the all-time list of Congressional self funders, according to a CQ-Roll Call analysis of campaign finance data.

McMahon is favored to win the Aug. 10 GOP primary, and it’s highly likely that she’ll move further up the list of big spenders by the time voters head to the polls in November.

While it has been reported that McMahon is willing to spend as much as $50 million of her personal fortune, spokesman Ed Patru said the campaign has no intention of broadcasting its spending strategy.

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003715661

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1. I really don't mind self funding

given the alternatives we currently have. The problem with McMahon is how she made her money and the fact she has no governmental experience at all and that she would be a horrid Senator.