Linda McMahon
American political & business executive
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| February 13 2025 | Nomination hearing for McMahon's potential role as Secretary of Education is scheduled. |
| January 30 2025 | McMahon received 25,946 restricted shares of Trump Media, valued at more than $800,000, as an independent director of the social media corporation's board. |
| January 20 2025 | McMahon's nomination was received in the U.S. Senate and referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP). |
| November 2024 | The New York Times published an article questioning Linda McMahon's fitness for education roles, referencing her previous tenure and controversies related to her career in WWE. |
| November 19 2024 | Nominated by Donald Trump to serve as Secretary of Education |
| November 19 2024 | Linda McMahon was nominated by Donald Trump to serve as Secretary of Education. |
| October 2024 | Linda McMahon was named as a defendant in a lawsuit that accused her, her husband, and WWE of negligence related to the 'ring boys' scandal, which involved multiple personnel being accused of sexually assaulting young boys in 1992. |
| April 2023 | Sacred Heart University honored Linda McMahon at its Pioneer Scholarship Gala, an event aimed at raising funds for scholarships. |
| 2020 | America First Action, a pro-Trump Super PAC chaired by Linda McMahon, helped raise $83 million for Trump's reelection campaign. |
| 2019 | A vetting document from Donald Trump's first transition team was leaked, citing the 'ring boys' scandal as a potential 'red flag' against Linda McMahon prior to her tenure as Small Business Administrator. |
| April 15 2019 | Linda McMahon was named chairwoman of America First Action, a pro-Trump Super PAC. |
| April 12 2019 | McMahon's resignation from the role of SBA administrator took effect. |
| April 12 2019 | Linda McMahon's resignation as administrator of the Small Business Administration took effect. |
| March 29 2019 | The Trump administration announced that Linda McMahon would step down as the administrator of the Small Business Administration to take on new responsibilities within President Trump's reelection campaign. |
| January 29 2018 | On McMahon's first anniversary as head of the SBA, The Washington Post reported that the agency had made significant progress under her leadership, particularly in improving emergency call centers after Hurricane Harvey. |
| 2017 | McMahon visited 68 cities later in the year to hear from small business owners and support the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. |
| June 2017 | In an interview with CNBC, McMahon stated that she was learning various aspects of business development in her role as administrator of the SBA, highlighting the agency's challenges, including a five percent budget cut. |
| February 14 2017 | The full Senate confirmed Linda McMahon as administrator of the Small Business Administration, with a vote of 81–19. |
| February 1 2017 | Linda McMahon's nomination as administrator of the Small Business Administration was approved by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship by an 18–1 vote. |
| January 24 2017 | Senate confirmation hearing begins for McMahon's SBA administrator nomination. |
| January 24 2017 | Senate confirmation hearing begins for Linda McMahon's nomination as Small Business Administration administrator. |
| January 24 2017 | The Senate confirmation hearing for Linda McMahon began. |
| 2016 | Linda McMahon donated $6 million to Rebuilding America Now, a Super PAC aimed at electing Donald Trump as US president. |
| December 7 2016 | Donald Trump announced nomination as administrator of the Small Business Administration |
| December 7 2016 | Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Linda McMahon as the administrator of the Small Business Administration. |
| 2015 | McMahon attended a daylong meeting in Jackson, Wyoming, with fellow major Republican donors, focusing on the 2016 Republican nomination process. |
| 2015 | In 2015, McMahon donated a total of $1.2 million to Future 45, a Super PAC that funded anti-Bernie Sanders advertisements. |
| 2012 | Linda McMahon was the Republican nominee for Connecticut's other Senate seat but lost the election to Democrat Chris Murphy. |
| August 14 2012 | Linda McMahon defeated Chris Shays in the primary for the U.S. Senate, securing her position for the general election. |
| May 18 2012 | McMahon earned the endorsement of the Connecticut State Republican Party at their convention, receiving a delegate vote of 658 to 351 over Chris Shays. |
| April 13 2012 | Sacred Heart University officially dedicated and opened the Linda E. McMahon Commons Building on its main campus in Fairfield, Connecticut. |
| September 20 2011 | After hinting at a run following her previous loss, McMahon officially announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate again in Southington, Connecticut. |
| 2010 | Linda McMahon resigned from the Connecticut Board of Education one day after a news outlet indicated it would report on discrepancies in her questionnaire answers regarding her educational background. |
| 2010 | Following her resignation, it was reported that Linda McMahon had falsely claimed to have received a bachelor's degree in education from East Carolina University in 1969, when in fact, her degree was in French. |
| 2010 | During her campaign for the U.S. Senate, Linda McMahon faced criticism from Richard Blumenthal's campaign regarding WWE's acceptance of tax credits while laying off workers in 2009. |
| 2010 | The 'Tip-Off Memo' became a political liability for Linda McMahon during her campaign for the Senate, impacting both her nomination and general election campaigns. |
| 2010 | Linda McMahon lost the general election for the United States Senate seat in Connecticut to Democrat Richard Blumenthal. |
| October 30 2010 | WWE held a 'Fan Appreciation Day' in Hartford, Connecticut, which Vince McMahon explicitly stated was not a political event, but was acknowledged as a response to negative publicity from Linda McMahon's Senate campaign. During the event, Vince encouraged fans to wear WWE T-shirts while voting. |
| October 9 2010 | McMahon receives an endorsement from Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown at a rally in Milford City Hall. |
| August 2010 | Linda McMahon won the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat in Connecticut, defeating her opponents Rob Simmons and Peter Schiff. |
| May 17 2010 | The New York Times publishes a story revealing Blumenthal's false claims about his military service during the Vietnam War. |
| April 1 2010 | Linda McMahon resigned from the Connecticut State Board of Education due to state law prohibiting board members from soliciting campaign contributions. |
| January 20 2010 | Linda McMahon participated in a televised interview with CBS Face the State, where she addressed the lack of follow-up from the Oversight and Government Reform Committee regarding their inquiries into WWE's drug policies. |
| January 7 2010 | Richard Blumenthal is launched as the Democratic Party candidate following Chris Dodd's retirement announcement. |
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