Former Rep. Rob Simmons (R), once viewed as the leading candidate to take down Sen. Chris Dodd (D), announced today that he will be ending his Senate campaign.
The Connecticut GOP endorsed former WWE CEO Linda McMahon (R) at their convention last weekend. Simmons originally said that he would back out of the race if he wasn't selected at the convention.
McMahon has wide name recognition in the state, can largely self-fund her own campaign, and is considered to be a Washington outsider, which is the new hot thing this year.
This assures that Democratic nominee Attorney General Richard Blumenthal (D), who has been in the midst of a controversy for exaggerating his military service, will face off against McMahon in the general election in what is sure to a be a closer-than-anticipated election.
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