Christopher Dodd presidential cam-
paign, 2008
Chris Dodd for President 2008
Campaign
U.S. presidential election,
2008
Candidate
Chris Dodd
U.S. Senate (1981-present)
Affiliation
Democratic Party
Headquarters Hartford, Connecticut
Key people
Sheryl Cohen (Manager)
Jim Jordan (Senior Advisor)
Receipts
US$16.5M (2007-12-31)[1]
Slogan
Restoring America’s Standing
in the World!
Website
www.chrisdodd.com
The 2008 presidential campaign of Chris
Dodd was launched on January 11, 2007 and
ended on January 3, 2008 after a sixth place
finish in the Iowa caucuses.[1] Dodd, the
Senior Senator from Connecticut, sought the
nomination of the Democratic Party for Pres-
ident of the United States. Centering his
campaign
in
the strategically
important
states of Iowa and New Hampshire, he tried
to bring forth a platform of change. Dodd’s
performance in the opinion polls varied, but
in the financial sphere, he had secured some
notable and influential endorsements who
had sufficiently funded his campaign.
Dodd tried to follow in the pattern of New
Englanders who have entered the race for
the Democratic nomination and won, includ-
ing John Kerry, Michael Dukakis, and John F.
Kennedy. If elected, Dodd would have be-
come the second Roman Catholic president
(after Kennedy) and the second Connecticut-
born president (after George W. Bush). He
would have been the first Senator to win the
presidency while in office since Kennedy was
elected in 1960. Dodd went on to endorse
Barack Obama.[2]
Political positions
Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT)
During his years in the House and Senate,
Chris Dodd built a long record of political po-
sitions on important issues to the nation. He
is in favor of ending the Iraq War and bring-
ing America’s troops home, and has re-
peatedly voted against further funding of the
war.
[3] He has declared that the nation
"must take a ’strategic pause’" before signing
any new free trade agreements.[4] To im-
prove America’s civil liberties, he has intro-
duced legislation to enact a Federal Shield
law and worked against legis