Christopher J. Dodd

known as "Chris"
b. 1944-05-27 , Willimantic, CT
represents CT
Democrat, Roman Catholic
Official website

Education: JD, University of Louisville School of Law, 1972 BA, English Literature, Providence College, 1966.

Last elected in 2004 receiving 945,347 (66.0%) votes.

Money

Raised	$107,975	^(#524)
Spent	4579%	^(#1)
From self	0%	^(#26)
From individuals	5%	^(#529)
From PACs	29%	^(#399)

Earmarks

Data for fiscal year 2008
Requested	93	^(#61)
Total cost	$512,987,000	^(#49)
Received	87	^(#60)
Total cost	$310,394,142	^(#43)

Bills

Co-sponsored	1,547	^(#131)
Introduced	332	^(#18)
Debated	49	^(#33)
Enacted	13	^(#40)

Speeches

Data for 110th Congress
Spoke	29 times		^(#20)
Avg. length	1,405 words		^(#90)

Voting Analysis

Unpredictable equals maverick
Ideology	45% left-wing		^(#413)
Predictable	92%		^(#317)

Interest Group Alignment

Group	Agreement
National Association of Social Workers	100% (3/3 votes)
AFL-CIO	100% (4/4 votes)
American Academy of Pediatrics	75% (3/4 votes)
Consumer Federation of America	66% (2/3 votes)
Sierra Club	66% (2/3 votes)
American Nurses Association	66% (2/3 votes)
Public Citizen	50% (2/4 votes)
National Retail Federation	33% (1/3 votes)

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Money data from the FEC. Politician information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia, and GovTrack. Earmark information from Taxpayers for Common Sense. Interest group alignment from MAPLight.org. Ideology and predictability from VoteView. Photo from Project Vote Smart. Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 300034 (GovTrack), N00000581 (OpenSecrets), D000388 (Congressional Bio), 14213 (ICPSR), 53277 (Vote Smart), P80003387 S0CT00037 (FEC)