Electoral history of Christopher Dodd, senior United States senator from Connecticut (1981–2011), United States Representative (1975–1981), Democratic National Committee chairman (1995–1997) and a candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination
U.S. House elections
Connecticut's 2nd congressional district, 1974:Our Campaigns – CT District 02 Race – Nov 4, 1974 Christopher Dodd (D) – 104,436 (59.02%) Samuel B. Hellier (R) – 69,380 (39.21%) Anthony Discepolo (I) – 3,124 (1.77%)
Connecticut's 2nd congressional district, 1976:Our Campaigns – CT District 2 Race – Nov 2, 1976 Christopher Dodd (D) (inc.) – 142,684 (65.07%) Richard Jackson (R) – 74,743 (34.09%) Anthony Discepolo (I) – 1,857 (0.85%)
Connecticut's 2nd congressional district, 1978:Our Campaigns – CT District 2 Race – Nov 7, 1978 Christopher Dodd (D) (inc.) – 116,624 (69.91%) Thomas Hudson Connell (R) – 50,167 (30.07%) Others (write-ins) – 23 (0.01%)
U.S. Senate elections
1980 Connecticut United States Senate election:Our Campaigns – CT US Senate Race – Nov 4, 1980 Christopher Dodd (D) – 763,969 (56.34%) James L. Buckley (R) – 581,884 (42.91%) Jerry Brennan (LBT) – 5,336 (0.39%) Andrew J. Zemel (Concerned Citizens) – 4,772 (0.35%) Others (write-ins) – 114 (0.01%)
1986 Connecticut United States Senate election:Our Campaigns – CT US Senate Race – Nov 4, 1986 Christopher Dodd (D) (inc.) – 632,695 (64.76%) Roger W. Eddy (R) – 340,438 (34.85%) Edward J. McCallum, Jr. (I) – 3,800 (0.39%)
1992 Connecticut United States Senate election:Our Campaigns – CT US Senate Race – Nov 3, 1992 Christopher Dodd (D) (inc.) – 882,569 (58.81%) Brook Johnson (R) – 572,036 (38.12%) Richard D. Gregory (Concerned Citizens) – 35,315 (2.35%) Howard A. Grayson, Jr. (LBT) – 10,741 (0.72%)
1998 Connecticut United States Senate election:Our Campaigns – CT US Senate Race – Nov 3, 1998 Christopher Dodd (D) (inc.) – 628,306 (65.15%) Gary Franks (R) – 312,177 (32.37%) William Kozak, Jr. (Concerned Citizens) – 12,261 (1.27%) Lois A. Grasso (Term Limits) – 6,517 (0.68%) Wildey J. Moore (LBT) – 5,196 (0.54%)
2004 Connecticut United States Senate election:Our Campaigns – CT US Senate Race – Nov 2, 2004 Christopher Dodd (D) (inc.) – 945,347 (66.35%) Jack Orchulli (R) – 457,749 (32.13%) Timothy A. Knibbs (Concerned Citizens) – 12,442 (0.87%) Lenny Rasch (LBT) (write-in) – 9,188 (0.65%)
Presidential elections 2008 New Hampshire Democratic Vice Presidential primary:Our Campaigns – NH US Vice President – D Primary Race – Jan 8, 2008
Raymond Stebbins – 50,485 (46.93%) William Bryk – 22,965 (21.35%) John Edwards* – 10,553 (9.81%) Barack Obama* – 6,402 (5.95%) Bill Richardson* – 5,525 (5.14%) Hillary Clinton* – 3,419 (3.18%) Joe Biden* – 1,512 (1.41%) Al Gore* – 966 (0.90%) Dennis Kucinich* – 762 (0.71%) Bill Clinton* – 388 (0.36%) John McCain* – 293 (0.27%) Christopher Dodd* – 224 (0.21%) Ron Paul* – 176 (0.16%) Jack Barnes, Jr.* – 95 (0.09%) Mike Gravel* – 91 (0.09%) Joe Lieberman* – 67 (0.06%) Mitt Romney* – 66 (0.06%) Mike Huckabee* – 63 (0.06%) Rudy Giuliani* – 46 (0.04%) Darrel Hunter* – 20 (0.02%)
(* – write-in candidate)
2008 Democratic presidential primaries:Our Campaigns – US President – D Primary Race – Jan 3, 2008
Excluding penalized contests, only primary and caucuses votes:
Barack Obama – 16,706,853 Hillary Clinton – 16,239,821 John Edwards* – 742,010 Bill Richardson* – 89,054 Uncommitted – 82,660 Dennis Kucinich* – 68,482 Joe Biden* – 64,041 Mike Gravel* – 27,662 Christopher Dodd* – 25,300 Others – 22,556
Including penalized contests:
Hillary Clinton – 18,225,175 (48.03%) Barack Obama – 17,988,182 (47.41%) John Edwards* – 1,006,275 (2.65%) Uncommitted – 299,610 (0.79%) Bill Richardson* – 106,073 (0.28%) Dennis Kucinich* – 103,994 (0.27%) Joe Biden* – 81,641 (0.22%) Scattering – 44,348 (0.12%) Mike Gravel* – 40,251 (0.11%) Christopher Dodd* – 35,281 (0.09%)
(* – dropped out from race)
Leadership election United States Senate Minority Leader (Democratic), 1994: Tom Daschle – 24 Christopher Dodd – 23
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