Paul Hodes

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Paul Hodes
Paul Hodes
Incumbent
Assumed office 
January 4, 2007
Preceded by Charlie Bass
Born March 21, 1951 (1951-03-21) (age 57)
New York City, New York
Political party Democratic
Spouse Peggo Hodes
Children a son and daughter
Religion Jewish

Paul Hodes (born March 21, 1951 in New York City, New York) is an attorney from the U.S. state of New Hampshire who formerly served at the Shaheen & Gordon Law Firm. He is currently the Representative for the 2nd District of New Hampshire in the United States House of Representatives. He is New Hampshire's first Jewish member of the House of Representatives.

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[edit] Early Life and Career

Hodes was born March 21, 1951. After graduating from The Collegiate School, a private school in New York City, he entered college and received his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College in 1972 and his law degree from Boston College Law School in 1978. He worked under David Souter as Assistant Attorney General of New Hampshire from 1979 to 1982. During this term, he prosecuted the first white-collar crime case in New Hampshire to result in incarceration for the offenders. Hodes has been a performer and patron of the arts and entertainment community since his Dartmouth years; in the 1990s he was a leader in the creation of the Capitol Center for the Arts, and he serves on the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts.

Hodes ran as a Democrat for United States Congress in 2004 against incumbent Charlie Bass in New Hampshire's Second Congressional District. Hodes received 38% of the vote.

In the rematch held 7 November 2006, Hodes defeated Bass 53% to 46% in New Hampshire's 2006 Second Congressional district election[1]. Once his fundraising outstripped Bass's in the first and second quarters of 2006, and internal polling showed him virtually tied with Bass, Hodes was added to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Red to Blue program, aiding his campaign.

For the 2008 Presidential Elections, Rep. Paul Hodes has endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for President of the United States.

[edit] Committee Assignments

  • Financial Services Committee
    • Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises
    • Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
  • Oversight and Government Reform Committee
    • Information Policy, Census and National Archives Subcommittee
    • National Security and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee
  • American-Canadian Inter-Parliamentary Working Group
  • President of the freshman class of 2006


[edit] Election history

Year Office Election Subject Party Votes % Opponent Party Votes % Opponent Party Votes %
2004 Congress, District 2 General Paul Hodes Democratic 125,280 38.17 Charlie Bass Republican 191,188 58.25 Richard Kahn Libertarian 11,311 3.45
2006 Congress, District 2 General Paul Hodes Democratic 108,634 52.71 Charlie Bass Republican 94,012 45.61 Ken Blevens Libertarian 3,305 1.60

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2006 election results

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Preceded by
Charlie Bass		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district
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