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