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Updated May 28, 2009

Dodd's First TV Ad Features Obama Endorsement

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AP

Sen. Christopher Dodd's campaign is spending more than $100,000 for a week of air time. 

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Christopher Dodd hopes to get a boost from President Obama as he airs the first TV ad in his 2010 re-election bid. 

The 30-second spot set to air statewide in Connecticut on Friday features Obama praising the Democrat for his work crafting the new credit card reform bill that the president signed into law last week. Dodd chairs the Senate Banking Committee. 

Dodd's campaign is spending more than $100,000 for a week of air time. 

He faces the toughest re-election fight of his five terms in the Senate. Obama won Connecticut in 2008 and remains popular in the state.

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