Political Highlights: U.S. House of Representatives, 1975-81; U.S. Senate, 1981-2011; sought Democratic nomination for president, 2008 Born: May 27, 1944; Willimantic, Conn. Residence: East Haddam Religion: Roman Catholic Family: Wife, Jackie Clegg Dodd; two children Education: Providence College, B.A. 1966; U. of Louisville, J.D. 1972
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
Senate Race
1974 Election Results
Candidate
Christopher Dodd (D)
Votes
104,436
%
59.0%
1976 Election Results
Candidate
Christopher Dodd (D)
Votes
142,684
%
65.0%
1978 Election Results
Candidate
Christopher Dodd (D)
Votes
116,624
%
70.0%
1980 Election Results
Candidate
Christopher Dodd (D) James Buckley (R)
Votes
763,969 581,884
%
56.0% 43.0%
1986 Election Results
Candidate
Christopher Dodd (D) Roger Eddy (R)
Votes
632,695 340,438
%
65.0% 35.0%
1992 Election Results
Candidate
Christopher Dodd (D, ACP) Brook Johnson (R) Richard Gregory (CC) Howard Grayson (LIBERT)
Votes
882,569 572,036 35,315 10,741
%
58.8% 38.1% 2.4% 0.7%
1998 Election Results
Candidate
Christopher Dodd (D) Gary Franks (R) William Kozak (CC) Lois Grasso (TLC) Wildey Moore (LIBERT)
Votes
628,306 312,177 12,261 6,517 5,196
%
65.2% 32.4% 1.3% 0.7% 0.5%
2004 Election Results
Candidate
Christopher Dodd (D) Jack Orchulli (R) Timothy Knibbs (CC) Leonard Rasch (LIBERT)
