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Updated March 3,
2003
Dodd was the subject of some speculation. Robert Novak reported on Dec. 31, 2001 that Dodd had "advised friends that he is considering a run for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination." However, a Jan. 30, 2002 article in The Hill newspaper ("Dodd: presidential bid vs. domestic bliss" by Betty Rothstein) portrayed Dodd as "really happy" with his Senate job and young daughter. A March 15-17, 2002 visit to the early primary state of South Carolina prompted more talk, notably a March 17 article in the Hartford Courant ("Dodd Seen As 'In Play'" by David Lightman). Lightman quoted Dodd, "I'm thinking about it. I haven't done anything beyond that." At the end of the year, in a lengthy article in the Dec. 1, 2002 Courant, Lightman again played up the possibility of a Dodd run ("Dodd Has Network In Place For Run: Senator Says He's Serious About Presidential Run"). However, on March 3, 2003, in a news conference in the old Statehouse
building in Hartford, Dodd announced he would not run for president in
2004.
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