Electoral history of Christopher Dodd

Electoral history of Christopher Dodd, senior United States Senator from Connecticut (1981-present), United States Representative (1975-1981), Democratic National Committee Chairman (1995-1997) and a candidate for the 2008 Democratic Presidential nomination

Connecticut's 2nd congressional district, 1974 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=31900 Our Campaigns - CT District 02 Race - Nov 04, 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 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=31082 Our Campaigns - CT District 2 Race - Nov 02, 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 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=31105 Our Campaigns - CT District 2 Race - Nov 07, 1978 ] ] :
* Christopher Dodd (D) (inc.) - 116,624 (69.91%)
* Thomas Hudson Connell (R) - 50,167 (30.07%)
* Others (write-ins) - 23 (0.01%)

Connecticut United States Senate election, 1980 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3895 Our Campaigns - CT US Senate Race - Nov 04, 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%)

Connecticut United States Senate election, 1986 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3686 Our Campaigns - CT US Senate Race - Nov 04, 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%)

Connecticut United States Senate election, 1992 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3498 Our Campaigns - CT US Senate Race - Nov 03, 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%)

United States Senate Minority Leader (Democratic), 1994:
* Tom Daschle - 24
* Christopher Dodd - 23

Connecticut United States Senate election, 1998 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=129 Our Campaigns - CT US Senate Race - Nov 03, 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%)

United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2004 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3794 Our Campaigns - CT US Senate Race - Nov 02, 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%)

2008 New Hampshire Democratic Vice Presidential primary [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=411802 Our Campaigns - NH US Vice President - D Primary Race - Jan 08, 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 Rodham 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 [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6315 Our Campaigns - US President - D Primary Race - Jan 03, 2008 ] ] :

Excluding penalized contests, only primary and caucuses votes:
* Barack Obama - 16,706,853
* Hillary Rodham 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 Rodham 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)

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