Paul Hodes

Infobox_Congressman
name =Paul Hodes

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date of birth= birth date and age|1951|03|21
place of birth= New York City, New York
death_date =
death_place =
state = New Hampshire
district = 2nd
term_start=January 4, 2007
preceded = Charlie Bass
residence= Concord, New Hampshire
alma_mater= Dartmouth College, Boston College
party = Democrat
religion= Jewish
spouse = Peggo Hodes
occupation= attorney

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 [http://www.shaheengordon.com 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.

Early life and career

Hodes was born March 21, 1951. After graduating from The Collegiate School, 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 [ [http://www.wmur.com/politics/10254698/detail.html/ 2006 election results] ] . 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.

Hodes endorsed Barack Obama in the 2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary. In September 2008, he voted against the financial bailout bill.

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

Election history

ee also

*United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, 2008

References

External links

* [http://hodes.house.gov/ U.S. Representative Paul Hodes] "official government website"
* [http://www.hodesforcongress.com/ Paul Hodes for US Congress] "official campaign website"
* [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Paul_Hodes Profile] at SourceWatch Congresspedia

* [http://www.bluehampshire.com/ Blue New Hampshire]