Senator, CT Born: 05/27/1944
Birthplace: Willimantic
Home: East Haddam
Religion: Catholic
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Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944), is an American politician. Dodd, a Democrat, has been a U.S. Senator from Connecticut since 1981, and the state's senior Senator since 1989. Dodd is also a candidate for the 2008 presidential election.
Sen. Chris Dodd speaks during a forum on the campus of Boston College, in Boston in this April 23, 2007 file photo. Democratic presidential contenders on Capitol Hill will cast a critical vote on the Iraq war this week, when lawmakers decide on a $120 billion bill to keep military operations afloat through September. ——— AP File Photo / Steven Senne