Christopher J. Dodd

U.S. senator from Connecticut (1981–2011) · U.S. representative from Connecticut (1975–1981)

Terms in office

Office	Party	From	To
Senator, Connecticut (class 3) Senate history	Democrat	2005-01-04	2011-01-03
Senator, Connecticut (class 3) Senate history	Democrat	1999-01-06	2005-01-03
Senator, Connecticut (class 3) Senate history	Democrat	1993-01-05	1999-01-03
Senator, Connecticut (class 3) Senate history	Democrat	1987-01-06	1993-01-03
Senator, Connecticut (class 3) Senate history	Democrat	1981-01-05	1987-01-03
Representative, Connecticut district 2 district history	Democrat	1979-01-15	1981-01-03
Representative, Connecticut district 2 district history	Democrat	1977-01-04	1979-01-03
Representative, Connecticut district 2 district history	Democrat	1975-01-14	1977-01-03

Year	Race	Stage	Party	Votes	Share	Result
2008	President: primaries and caucuses	DEM		26 contests		0 won
2004	U.S. Senate, Connecticut	General election	DEM	945,347	66.4%	Won
1998	U.S. Senate, Connecticut	General election	DEM	628,306	65.1%	Won
1992	U.S. Senate, Connecticut	General election	OTH	304,907	20.3%	Won
1986	U.S. Senate, Connecticut	General election	DEM	632,695	64.8%	Won
1980	U.S. Senate, Connecticut	General election	DEM	763,969	56.3%	Won
1978	U.S. House, Connecticut District 2	General election	DEM	116,624	69.9%	Won
1976	U.S. House, Connecticut District 2	General election	DEM	142,684	65.1%	Won

U.S. senator from Connecticut (1981–2011); U.S. representative from Connecticut (1975–1981).

May 27, 1944.

Lost in the 2008 presidential primary in Mississippi, with 0.2% of the vote.

Terms: congress-legislators (public domain); portrait: official congressional photo (public domain). Election results since 1976: FiveThirtyEight.