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Linda McMahon
Linda Marie McMahon is an American administrator, business executive and former professional wrestling executive who has served as the 13th United States secretary of education since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served as the 25th administrator of the Small Business Administration from 2017 to 2019.
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business · American administrator and business executive (born 1948) · entrepreneur · politician · executive · translator · paralegal · also Linda McMahon, Linda Marie Edwards-McMahon, Linda Marie McMahon, Linda Marie Edwards, McMahon
Born 4 October 1948 · Q233905
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2026· 2 entries
Fox Business: Linda McMahon: There's a lot of change that needs to happen in education
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2025· 10 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “In December 2025, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced a new department policy making “there,” “their” and “they’re” mean the same thing.” Originated as Satire.
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Snopes rated the claim “Videos authentically showed circus music interrupting U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon at a conservative conference in August 2025.” True.
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Snopes.com: Linda McMahon interrupted by circus music at conservative conference?
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The Wall Street Journal: Linda McMahon
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “An image shows Harvard University marking up Linda McMahon's letter” False.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Harvard University published a corrected version of a letter from Education Secretary Linda McMahon, complete with red pen markups” Not Their Work.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Harvard University responded to a May 2025 letter from U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon ending grants to the institution by marking spelling and grammar errors in the text and posting it on social media.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon twice referred to artificial intelligence — AI — as "A1."” True.
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McMahon's nomination was received in the U
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Career landmark: United States Secretary of Education (2025).
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2024· 3 entries
Yahoo News UK: WWE fans react to Trump picking ‘totally unqualified’ Linda McMahon as education secretary
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President-elect Donald Trump announced the nomination of McMahon to head the Department of Education for his second administration
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McMahon was nominated by President-elect Trump to serve as U
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2021· 1 entry
McMahon was the founding chairwoman of the America First Policy Institute
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2019· 3 entries
McMahon announced her departure from the SBA (effective on April 12, 2019) to work for President Trump's 2020 reelection efforts
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The Trump administration announced McMahon would step down as the administrator of the SBA in April to work on his upcoming re-election campaign
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“s 2020 reelection efforts. McMahon went on to become the founding chairperson of the America First Policy Institute. Fundraising and second Trump transition (2019–2025) America First Action, a pro-Trump Super PAC chaired by McMahon, helped raise $83 million for Trump”
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2018· 1 entry
The Washington Post said the SBA's progress under McMahon had been "so far, so good" and credited her with improving the SBA's offices' emergency call centers in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, hiring an additional 3,
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2017· 4 entries
In an interview with CNBC, McMahon stated that in her role as administrator of SBA she was "[l]earning how to develop business plans, how to grow, how to pitch [one's] business when [one is] trying to get investors, or t
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By a vote of 81–19 and sworn in as the 25th administrator of the SBA
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Career landmark: Administrator of the Small Business Administration (2017–2019).
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“[l]earning how to develop business plans, how to grow, how to pitch [one”
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2016· 3 entries
President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate McMahon to serve as administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA)
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President-elect Donald Trump announced his nomination of McMahon to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) for the first Trump administration
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McMahon donated $6 million to Rebuilding America Now, a Super PAC with the purpose of electing Trump as U
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2012· 4 entries
Election lost: 2012 U.S. Senate election.
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McMahon earned the endorsement of the state Republican Party at the Connecticut State Republican Convention by a delegate vote of 658 to 351 over the next-highest candidate, former congressman Chris Shays
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Sacred Heart University officially dedicated and opened the Linda E
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Campaign: 2012 U.S. Senate election.
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2011· 1 entry
In Southington, Connecticut, McMahon officially announced her candidacy
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2010· 3 entries
McMahon resigned from the State Board of Education in response to a state election commission's legal opinion that disallowed board members from soliciting campaign contributions
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And responded: "There's not been any follow-up from any of the inquiries that were made because I believe we had furnished thousands of documents and testimony for them, and I think if they looked at our policy and reall
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Campaign: 2010 U.S. Senate election.
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2009· 3 entries
Linda McMahon resigned from her position as CEO of WWE and left WWE to run as a Republican for a seat in the United States Senate from Connecticut
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McMahon announced her candidacy for U
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Left WWE to run for a seat in the United States Senate from Connecticut as a Republican, but lost to Democrat Richard Blumenthal in the 2010 Senate election
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2008· 2 entries
To the Fishburne Military School, Sacred Heart University, and East Carolina University
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The company received the GI Film Festival's Corporate Patriot Award
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2007· 4 entries
Multichannel News named McMahon to its class of "Wonder Women" for 2007
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The company received the Secretary of Defense Exceptional Public Service Award for its support of deployed service members in Iraq and Afghanistan
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The McMahons donated $5 million to the Donald J
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The Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigated steroid usage in the wrestling industry
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2005· 1 entry
Won appointment to The Make-A-Wish Foundation of America National Advisory Council and received the Arthur M
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2000· 1 entry
The American Library Association reported the WWF's Know Your Role poster was its highest-selling poster for two straight months
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1995· 1 entry
As Connecticut Governor, Weicker appointed Linda McMahon to the Governor's Council for the World Special Olympics
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1992· 1 entry
After being accused of sexually assaulting young boys
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1983· 1 entry
The McMahons moved to Greenwich, Connecticut
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1976· 1 entry
After a series of failed business ventures including financing stunt performer Evel Knievel's Snake River Canyon Jump, and while pregnant with Stephanie, McMahon and her husband filed for bankruptcy
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1969· 2 entries
Although her degree was actually in French
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The McMahons moved to Gaithersburg, Maryland
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1966· 1 entry
Where she obtained a bachelor's degree in French
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1948· 1 entry
Born 1948-10-04.
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