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What political posts has Linda McMahon held?

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Linda McMahon was appointed to Connecticut’s state school board in 2009, and she unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate in Connecticut twice (2010 and 2012). She was later administrator of the Small Business Administration (2017–19) and secretary of the Department of Education (2025– ). She held those posts during the administrations of Pres. Donald Trump.