Two months ago, Scott Brown trailed incumbent Jeanne Shaheen (D., N.H.) by double digits. But ever since then, the Republican candidate has been steadily closing the gap and now, according to at least one poll, has eliminated it entirely: A new CNN/ORC International poll has Shaheen and Brown tied at 48 percent among likely voters.

The poll shows Brown gaining ground against Shaheen after a WMUR/University of New Hampshire survey found him trailing her by two percentage points last month. In July, the same polling group had Brown down 12 points.

Brown’s bump in the polls comes after he secured the Republican nomination in last week’s primary, which he won handily with more than 50 percent of the vote.

Sixty percent of respondents in the CNN/ORC poll disapproved of President Obama’s handling of his job as president, highlighting the difficult political climate for Democrats this election cycle.