Electoral history of Christopher Dodd

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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^[1]:

• 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^[2]:

• 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^[3]:

• 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^[4]:

• 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^[5]:

• 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^[6]:

• 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^[7]:

• 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%)

Connecticut United States Senate election, 2004^[8]:

• 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^[9]:

• 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* (write-in) - 5,525 (5.14%)
• Hillary Rodham Clinton* (write-in) - 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^[10]:

Excluding so-called beauty pageant 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 beauty pageant 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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