Linda is running for the U.S. Senate because she’s concerned about the direction Washington is taking our country. Reckless spending, bloated bureaucracy and a trillion dollar stimulus package have failed to spur economic growth; instead, the unthinkable debt Washington has created is creating long-term damage to the economy.
Linda believes career politicians are part of the problem in Washington, and she believes Washington works best when it is infused with new ideas and fresh perspectives. She’s not going to Washington for the perks or the special interest favors. She’s running to make Washington work for us.
She isn’t a career politician, but she is an outsider with 30 years of real life business experience who understands how to balance a budget and create jobs. Companies can’t spend their way out of debt, and neither can countries. Linda believes good government demands fiscal responsibility. Fiscal responsibility begins with spending restraint and an end to deficit spending. And Linda knows that smaller government will help reduce the burdensome taxes and regulations that make it difficult for small businesses to succeed and create jobs.
While Linda isn’t a career politician, she’s no stranger to public service: she has a long and established record of putting people first. She’s a mother and a grandmother. She has served as both a statewide officer and as one of the most recognizable CEOs in the country.
Linda’s 20 years of service in support of children led to her appointment in 2005 to The Make-A-Wish Foundation of America National Advisory Council. The Make-A-Wish Foundation, in 2004, awarded the WWE its highest honor, the Chris Grecius Award, for its extensive support.
She is a major supporter of such organizations as the Starlight Children’s Foundation; she has served as the Honorary Corporate Chair of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, running one of the organization’s most successful fundraising efforts. She also was presented the Arthur M. Sackler Award from the Connecticut Grand Opera and Orchestra for WWE’s support of its arts education program and she has served on the 1995 Governor’s Council for the World Special Olympics.
For Linda, public service isn’t a perfunctory campaign slogan — it’s a commitment that comes from a deep-rooted desire to help people.