# Electoral history of Chris Dodd

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:
* 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:
* 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:
* 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:
* 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:
* 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:
* 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:
* 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:
* 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:
* 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:
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