Electoral history of Chris Dodd explained

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:^[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%)

U.S. Senate elections

1980 Connecticut United States Senate election

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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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

Notes and References

1. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=31900 Our Campaigns – CT District 02 Race – Nov 4, 1974
2. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=31082 Our Campaigns – CT District 2 Race – Nov 2, 1976
3. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=31105 Our Campaigns – CT District 2 Race – Nov 7, 1978
4. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3895 Our Campaigns – CT US Senate Race – Nov 4, 1980
5. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3686 Our Campaigns – CT US Senate Race – Nov 4, 1986
6. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3498 Our Campaigns – CT US Senate Race – Nov 3, 1992
7. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=129 Our Campaigns – CT US Senate Race – Nov 3, 1998
8. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3794 Our Campaigns – CT US Senate Race – Nov 2, 2004
9. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=411802 Our Campaigns – NH US Vice President – D Primary Race – Jan 8, 2008
10. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6315 Our Campaigns – US President – D Primary Race – Jan 3, 2008