Reporters seeking Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) first quarter fundraising filings were met with silence for most of yesterday. Now we know why.

Though Dodd has already raised more than $1 million in 2009 — a handsome sum that places him well ahead of the Republicans he could face in next year’s election — only five individual donations came from Connecticut residents. From the Connecticut Post:

The five-term incumbent reported raising just $4,250 from five Connecticut residents during the first three months of the year while raking in $604,745 from nearly 400 individuals living outside the state.

Indeed, he received more from individuals residing in 18 other states than he did from those living in his own.

He took in $90,795 from Massachusetts residents, $81,550 from Texas, $56,150 from Maryland, and $53,400 from New York.

Dodd also collected $437,407 from political action committees, including two based in Connecticut that contributed $7,000. He took in $2,271 from individuals contributing less than $200 each.

A Quinnipiac University poll released earlier in the month found Dodd trailing former GOP Rep. Rob Simmons, the likely Republican nominee, by 16 points. None of this spells good things for the Democrats, who’ve got eyes on picking up Senate seats in 2010, not losing those that have been safe for decades.