Following is an introduction to U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Chris Dodd:
Candidate status: Announced
Filed a statement of candidacy with the FEC on Jan. 11, 2007
Current job: U.S. senator from Connecticut
Birth date: May 27, 1944; Willimantic, Connecticut
Family: Married Jackie Clegg; two children, Grace and Christina
Religion: Roman Catholic
Education: Providence College, B.A., 1966; University of Louisville, J.D., 1972
Career:
1966-1968: Was a member of the Peace Corps, stationed in the Dominican Republic.
1969-1975: Served in the U.S. Army Reserves.
1972-1974: Practiced law in a private firm.
1974-1980: Elected to Connecticut's 2nd District U.S. House seat.
1980: Elected to U.S. Senate.
1994-1997: Served as Democratic National Committee chairman.
2004: Re-elected to his fifth term in the U.S. Senate.
Other Facts:
Dodd's father, Thomas Dodd was a prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials. The elder Dodd was elected to the U.S. House in 1952. Four years later, he ran for the U.S. Senate, but lost to Prescott Bush, President Bush's grandfather, according to the Almanac of American Politics. Thomas Dodd won the Senate seat in 1958.
Source:Xinhua
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