Tim Murtaugh
Linda McMahon wasted little time plugging the hole in her press shop.
The Republican Senate contender has named Tim Murtaugh as the new communications director of her campaign.
Murtaugh previously handled press for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the Republican Governors Association, as well as the Republican Party of Virginia and former Va. attorney general and gubernatorial candidate Jerry Kilgore.
He is the second major McMahon hire with strong ties to Virginia, the other being her media adviser, Chris LaCivita.
Murtaugh appears to be comfortable coming in from the bullpen.
He recently did press for New York Congresswoman Nan Hayworth, whose previous flack resigned after urging people to “hurl some acid” at Democratic female lawmakers.
Murtaugh succeeds Erin Isaac, who left McMahon’s campaign last week to return to her native Florida for unspecified family reasons.