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Campaign Notebook: Murphy Campaign Quiet on Finances

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The election is less than two months away, and polls show a close race with Linda McMahon sometimes with a slight lead in the Democrat-heavy state. According to a campaign analysis from the CT Mirror, there have been some strategic lapses from Chris Murphy’s camp.

The question is one the Murphy campaign declines to address a week after disclosures about the candidate's past financial problems, opting instead to brush aside the query with a retreat to campaign talking points.

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Nor will the campaign say why Murphy is refusing to release loan documents that could rebut McMahon's innuendo that he and his wife couldn't have subsequently obtained a $43,000 line of home-equity credit without political favoritism.

A Web-only video released by the Murphy campaign criticizes McMahon’s record as CEO of WWE.

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