Paul Hodes

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Paul Hodes
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's 2nd district
Incumbent
Assumed office  January 4, 2007
Preceded by	Charlie Bass
Born	March 21, 1951 (1951-03-21) (age 58) New York City, New York
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Peggo Hodes
Residence	Concord, New Hampshire
Alma mater	Dartmouth College, Boston College
Occupation	Attorney, Politician
Religion	Jewish

Paul Hodes (born March 21, 1951) is an American attorney and politician. He is currently a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district since 2007. He is New Hampshire's first Jewish member of the House of Representatives.

On February 4, 2009, Hodes announced he will run in 2010 for the seat in the United States Senate currently held by Judd Gregg, who will not be seeking re-election.

[edit] Early life and career

Hodes was born in New York City. 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^[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.

Hodes endorsed Barack Obama in the 2008 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary. In September 2008, he voted against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, "the financial bailout bill". Since being re-elected in November 2008, he has voted in favor of all Federal spending measures. Historically, New Hampshire recieves about .68 cents for every dollar it contributes to the Federal government.

Congressman Hodes was reelected in 2008 with over 56% of the vote. Paul Hodes has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 95.5% of the time during the current Congress.

[edit] Committee assignments

• Committee on Financial Services
  • Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises
  • Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
• Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
  • Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement
  • Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs

[edit] Other membership and leadership positions

• American-Canadian Inter-Parliamentary Working Group
• President of the freshman class of 2006

[edit] Election history

[edit] See also

• United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, 2008#District 2

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• U.S. Representative Paul Hodes official government website
• Paul Hodes for US Congress official campaign website

• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
• Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
• Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org
• Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
• Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
• Staff salaries, trips and personal finance at LegiStorm.com
• Current Bills Sponsored at StateSurge.com
• Congressional profile at GovTrack.us
• Profile at SourceWatch Congresspedia
• Paul Hodes at the Open Directory Project