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A new poll from Rasmussen Reports shows former WWE CEO Linda McMahon within single digits of her Democratic opponent, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, in the race to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd.

McMahon, who easily defeated Rob Simmons and Peter Schiff in Tuesday's GOP primary, earns 40 percent of the vote while Blumenthal earns 47 percent. While McMahon's numbers held steady since the last Rasmussen poll in mid-July, Blumenthal's numbers dropped by six points.

Blumenthal has thus far attempted to stay above the fray. However, Democrats are hammering McMahon for her WWE past. Sen. Robert Menendez, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, called it an organization that promoted "violent, sexually explicit material that glorified the exploitation of women, and the mentally disabled."

For her part, McMahon touts her business experience and the independence she's afforded by her ability to refuse special interest and PAC money. She spent more than $22 million of her own money on her primary campaign and says she will spend whatever it takes to win the general election.

Blumenthal came under fire in May when the New York Times reported that he misrepresented his military service during the Vietnam War era. The race tightened to three points in a Rasmussen poll taken shortly after the story broke, but he regained a double-digit lead in subsequent polls.

Rasmussen Reports surveyed 500 likely Connecticut voters on Wednesday for this poll, which has a margin of error of 4.5 percentage points.