Currently: Dodd announces retirement, “I will not be a candidate for re-election this November…  my deepest gratitude to the people of Connecticut for the remarkable privilege of being elected eight times over the past four decades to our national assembly.”

Bio: Dodd was elected to the Senate in the 1980 election and was subsequently reelected in the 1986, 1992, 1998, and 2004 elections. He is the first Senator from Connecticut to serve five consecutive terms. From 1995 to 1997, he served as General Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. As General Chairman, Dodd was the DNC’s spokesman. Donald Fowler served as National Chairman, running the party’s day to day operations. Dodd has also involved himself in children’s and family issues, founding the first Senate Children’s Caucus^[10] and authoring the Family and Medical Leave Act.

• Read more about Dodd from Wikipedia
• Congressional Voting Record: http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/d000388/
• On the Issues: http://www.ontheissues.org/Chris_Dodd.htm
• http://dodd.senate.gov/
• http://www.chrisdodd.com/
• http://twitter.com/SenChrisDodd