In this Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012 photo, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Linda McMahon, left, looks at a doll made by Bernice Niro during a visit to the Naugatuck Senior Center in Naugatuck, Conn..(AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Updated: Monday, 24 Sep 2012, 5:16 AM EDT
Published : Monday, 24 Sep 2012, 5:16 AM EDT
NAUGATUCK, Conn. (AP) — Wealthy former pro wrestling executive Linda McMahon is shifting her image from groin-kicking CEO to grandmother in her second bid for a Senate seat from Connecticut.
Polls show the strategy seems to be working against three-term Democratic congressman Chris Murphy.
A Quinnipiac University survey shows the race virtually tied, and McMahon having narrowed her 20-point deficit among women in 2010 to just 4 points now. Democrats are pumping in money for attack ads to help slow McMahon's momentum.
The more motherly McMahon contrasts with her image in 2010, when a video showed her appearing to kick a man in the groin as part of a skit.
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