United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2004

November 2, 2004



Nominee	Christopher Dodd	Jack Orchulli
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	945,347	457,749
Percentage	66.4%	32.1%

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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.

Major candidates

Democratic

Chris Dodd, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1981

Republican

Jack Orchulli, CEO and Co-Founder of an Michael Kors's apparel company^[1]

Campaign

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]

Republican nominee, Jack Orchulli, ran as fiscal conservative and social moderate. He broke ranks with his party on gay marriage and abortion. That put him on the same side as most voters in the blue state of Connecticut. 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.^[3]

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 show he is gaining ground on Dodd.^[4]

Results

General election results
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Chris Dodd (Incumbent)	945,347	66.4
Republican	Jack Orchulli	457,749	32.1
Concerned Citizens	Timothy Knibbs	12,442	0.9
Libertarian	Leonard Rasch	9,188	0.6

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