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Meeting Linda McMahon

Linda McMahon

On Monday, October 17th, I got a rare chance to meet Linda McMahon, the candidate for Senator in the State of Connecticut. For those of you that don’t know, each state in the U.S. has two Senators, who are voted for by the people. The 100 Senators of the country vote on things such as bills, laws, or other matters that will affect the state they represent.

Linda McMahon is going to run for senator in the 2012 elections, and is starting her campaign. After spending $50 million of her own earnings, she lost the 2010 election by only 11% to Richard Blumenthal, who is the current Senator. Even so, she will not accept defeat, and is going to try again in next year’s election.

The poster I made with a picture
of me and my friends
next to Linda McMahon

We got to meet Linda McMahon when Uncle Joe invited us to a gathering held by Mr. and Mrs. Bonessi, his neighbors. The gathering was coordinated by Linda McMahon’s campaign organizer, Tom Scott, a friend of Uncle Joe. Mrs. McMahon came and spoke to us for a while. She signed a poster that I had made in 6th grade, when I ran for Student Government. I got a picture with her when she came to an Indian function. On the poster, I wrote “ Vote for Kairav! He Knows People... He Will Get The Job Done!”  I brought that poster with me, and she signed it. As she signed, she noticed that at the bottom I had writtten “I’m Kairav Maniar, and I Approve this Message”, and she laughed. Instead of just writing her name, she wrote " ... and I approve your message! Linda McMahon." She then asked me if I won the student government election. I told her how I lost by only one vote. With a  smile on her face, she said, "Well, I know how that feels." 

We also got a chance to talk to Mrs. Bonessi, whose house we were at. She mentioned how she was an educator, and offered to give us a tour of the high school she works at, The Academy of Information Technology and Engineering in Stamford, CT. Mrs. Bonessi is the head of the World Language Department in AITE. My brother will be going to high school next year, and it would be a good chance for me to start looking for a high school for when I have to go, in 2 years.

 

 

ABOUT LINDA MCMAHON

Mrs. McMahon, who was Linda Marie Edwards at that time, was born on October 4, 1948 in New Bern, North Carolina. She got married to Vincent (Vince) McMahon, the Chairman of the Board and ringmaster of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). His dad was the co-founder of WWE. She became the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of WWE.

Linda McMahon is a Republican who will be running for Senator in Connecticut next year. She will be running against Republicans Brian K. Hill, Rob Simmons and Jason McCoy, and Democrats Susan Bysiewicz, Chris Murphy and William Tong. The Republicans and the Democrats are the two major parties in America. Other people running are from smaller parties, such as the Independent Party.

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