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HODES, Paul, a Representative from New Hampshire; born in New York City, New York County, N.Y., on March 21, 1951; A.B., Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1972; J.D., Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Mass., 1978; assistant attorney general of New Hampshire, 1979-1982; special prosecutor for the state of New Hampshire, 1992; lawyer, private practice; professional entertainer; unsuccessful candidate for election to One Hundred and Ninth Congress in 2004; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Tenth Congress and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2007-January 3, 2011); not a candidate for reelection, but was an unsuccessful candidate to the United States Senate in 2010.