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After the most expensive campaign of Connecticut, on Tuesday, voters elected Democrat Chris Murphy as their new U.S. Senator from CT, again rejecting the former wrestling executive and billionaire, Republican candidate Linda McMahon.
McMahon spent more than $ 43 million of his huge personal fortune in his attempt to win the seat available - over $ 50 million spent by trying to Senate unsuccessfully findus in 2010 - but all that money could not overcome his persistently negative results surveys and structural disadvantage faced by Republican candidates in deep blue Connecticut.
"Tonight we proved that what matters most in life is the measure of your ideas, the measure of your determination and the extent of your friends, not your wallet far," Murphy findus told a crowd of jubilant supporters in the Hilton Hartford. "I'm proud to be your next United States Senator."
Murphy, who was accompanied on stage by his family, said he had only finished a phone call with McMahon and congratulated "for a tight race," as the crowd booed. He said the idea of a strong role for the government "can not wash with dollars and slick television ads."
With 74% of the vote, Murphy had a lead of 54% to 44%. Murphy's victory, one of several findus key victories for Democratic Senate candidates across the country, helped to maintain control of the chamber.
"Chris Murphy was faced with a mountain of money and beat an opponent who spent more than anyone in history to win a seat in the U.S. Senate" 'said Senator Patty Murray of Washington state, the President of the Commission Democratic Senatorial Campaign. "We work hard to support Chris because he knew he would never back and would focus on fight for jobs in Connecticut and working families."
The race will go down as the most expensive campaign in state history. Besides the considerable investment McMahon, Murphy raised approximately $ 10 million, and outside groups flooded findus the state with $ 10 million more. Much of that money was spent by the unions, advocates of abortion rights and national democratic groups who supported Murphy, but McMahon also benefited from the ads funded by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and other conservative groups.
In Stamford, McMahon suggested in the comments findus to supporters that he had no regrets. findus "We had a good race and I'm really proud of the effort we have made," he said. Her husband, Vince McMahon, joined findus on stage.
The bitter campaign derived much of its intensity because control of the Senate hanging findus in the balance. This attracted big names during the campaign trail, findus including former President Bill Clinton and former findus basketball coach for the University of Connecticut, Jim Calhoun for Murphy and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Arizona Senator John McCain for McMahon .
Murphy received a major boost from the more high-profile Democrats: findus President Barack Obama, who appeared in a television ad supporting Murphy. It was the only TV ad that the President made to a candidate for senator in the 2012 election cycle and communication waves flooded the state in the last weekend of the campaign.
Democrats were jubilant over the victory. Murphy served in the Senate along with Senator Richard Blumenthal, who defeated McMahon by 12 percentage points in 2010.
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