HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — GOP Senate candidate Linda McMahon is courting ticket-splitters in a new ad in which four supporters of President Barack Obama, who has a double-digit lead in the state, say they also will cast ballots for her. Her campaign strongly denied she was writing off Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, saying she supports the former Massachusetts governor “100 percent.”

“Linda McMahon will work with President Obama and I believe he’ll work with her,” says one of the voters in the ad, David Cole, a disabled veteran who said he plans to vote for the Republican on the independent line in November. McMahon’s name will appear as both the Republican and the Independent candidate.