2004 United States Senate election in Connecticut

The 2004 United States Senate election in Connecticut took place on November 2, 2004, alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democrat U.S. Senator Chris Dodd won re-election for a fifth term.

2004 United States Senate election in Connecticut

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Nominee Chris Dodd Jack Orchulli
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 945,347 457,749
Percentage 66.35% 32.13%

Dodd:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Orchulli:      40–50%      50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Chris Dodd
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Chris Dodd
Democratic

Major candidates

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Democratic

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Republican

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General election

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Campaign

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Incumbent Chris Dodd was one of the most powerful senators in Congress. In the election cycle, Dodd raised over $7 million. His top five contributors were Bear Stearns, Citigroup, National Westminster Bank, Lehman Brothers, and Goldman Sachs.[2]

The Republican nominee, Jack Orchulli, ran as fiscal conservative and social moderate.[citation needed] He broke ranks with his party on gay marriage and abortion.[3] He often talked about a "broken education system." He argued that Dodd hasn't done anything in his 30 years in Congress to fix such issues as traffic problems in Fairfield County.[4]

Orchulli launched a statewide TV ad campaign in September, as he spent over $1.1 million and pledged to spend "whatever it takes" if polls showed that he was gaining ground on Dodd.[5]

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[6] Safe D November 1, 2004

Results

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General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Dodd (Incumbent) 945,347 66.35%
Republican Jack Orchulli 457,749 32.13%
Concerned Citizens Timothy Knibbs 12,442 0.87%
Libertarian Leonard Rasch 9,188 0.64%
Democratic hold

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Jack Orchulli". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  2. ^ "Sen. Chris Dodd - Campaign Finance Summary".
  3. ^ "Jack Orchulli of Darien Announces He'll Run Against U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal". Darienite. April 12, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
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  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "The Final Predictions". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved May 2, 2021.