Christopher John Dodd is a liberal senator from the state of Connecticut who briefly was a candidate for the 2008 Democratic Party nomination for the Presidency. He dropped out of the race after a disappointing finish in the Iowa caucuses. Chris Dodd seemingly was born to the job, and when he entered the world on May 27, 1944 in Willimantic, Connecticut, the attending physician told his mother he might grow up to be president, as he was born with a caul over his head, a sign of good luck. The son of senator Thomas Dodd , an Irish Catholic, he succeeded the legendary Connecticut politician Abraham Ribicoff in the Senate in 1981 after three terms in the House of Representatives. He serves as the Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee in the 110th Congress.

U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1981-present.Dodd and Arlen Specter (R.-Penn.) founded the Children's Caucus to deal with issues of child abuse, latchkey children, and high school dropouts. In 1986, Dodd became chairman of the Subcommittee on Children, Families, Drugs, and Alcoholism.Graduated from University of Louisville Law School in 1972 and joined a law firm in New London, Connecticut.Once had a romantic relationship with peace activist Bianca Jagger .Dodd served in the Peace Corps from 1966 to 1968 in Moncion, a village in the Dominican Republic. He lived alone in a cold-water tin-roof house, served as a rural community developer for eleven villages, opened a school, a youth club, and a maternity hospital, and launched a family planning program. When his stint was over, he hitchhiked across thousands of miles in Latin America before arriving home on Christmas Eve in 1968.As chairman of the Western Hemisphere Affairs Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the 1980s, he often led the Democrats against the policies of President Ronald Reagan .Dodd was born with a caul, a fetal membrane covering the head at birth, which according to legend is a sign of good fortune. The attending physician suggested to his mother that he might grow up to be president. "What's the matter with Roosevelt?" Mrs. Dodd allegedly replied.Became the youngest United States senator ever elected from Connecticut at the age of 36.Speaks Spanish fluently.He once ended a long day of political meetings in Memphis by launching a food fight at a Dunkin Donuts shop (this was 1978).Is the godfather of Christy Carlson RomanoHis father, Sen. Thomas Dodd (D-CT), lost his first bid for the U.S. Senate against Prescott Bush , father of Pres. George Bush and grandfather of Pres. George W. Bush .U.S. Representative from Connecticut (1975-1981).Was once involved in a relationship with Carrie Fisher .