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Connecticut’s longtime Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has won the state’s hotly contested U.S. Senate race,defeating a multimillionaire former wrestling executive and keeping the seat in Democratic control.
The 64-year-old Blumenthal defeated Republican newcomer Linda McMahon,who spent about $50 million of her on money on the race.
With 3 percent of precincts reporting,Blumenthal had 52 percent of the vote to McMahon’s 47 percent.
Blumenthal will fill the seat now held by Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd,who did not seek re-election.
Blumenthal won the seat despite conceding he had made several misstatements his military service during the Vietnam era.
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