Dawson Hodgson
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Dawson Hodgson
|image =
|state_senate = Rhode Island
|district = 35th
|term_start = January 4, 2011
|term_end = January 6, 2015
|predecessor = J. Michael Lenihan
|successor = Mark Gee
|birth_name = Dawson Tucker Hodgson
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|07|10}}
|birth_place =
|party = Republican
|children =
|residence = Slocum, Rhode Island, U.S.
|education = Bucknell University (BA)
University of Connecticut (JD)
}}
Dawson Tucker Hodgson{{cite web |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/126125/dawson-hodgson |title= Dawson Hodgson's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |accessdate= April 4, 2020}} (born July 10, 1978) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Rhode Island Senate who represented the 35th district from January 4, 2011 until January 6, 2015.{{cite web |url=http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/senators/Hodgson/default.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310225122/http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/senators/Hodgson/default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 10, 2014 |title= Senator Dawson Tucker Hodgson |publisher= Rhode Island General Assembly |location= Providence, Rhode Island |accessdate= March 10, 2014}}{{cite web | url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=257303 | title=Our Campaigns - Candidate - Dawson Tucker Hodgson }} In 2014 he made an unsuccessful bid for Attorney General of Rhode Island.
Education
Hodgson graduated from St. Georges School in Newport Rhode Island and continued his education at Bucknell University and earned his JD from the University of Connecticut School of Law.
Elections
- 2010: When District 35 Democratic Senator J. Michael Lenihan retired and left the seat open, Hodgson was unopposed for the September 23, 2010 Republican Primary, winning with 971 votes,{{cite web |url= http://www.ri.gov/election/results/2010/statewide_primary/races/315.html |title= 2010 Statewide Primary, Senator in General Assembly District 35 |publisher= Secretary of State of Rhode Island |location= Providence, Rhode Island |accessdate= March 10, 2014}} and won the November 2, 2010 General election with 6,006 votes (54.2%) against Democratic nominee Mark Schwager.{{cite web |url= http://www.ri.gov/election/results/2010/general_election/races/142.html |title= 2010 General Election, Senator in General Assembly District 35 |publisher= Secretary of State of Rhode Island |location= Providence, Rhode Island |accessdate= March 10, 2014}}
- 2012: Hodgson was unopposed for the September 11, 2012 Republican Primary, winning with 1,097 votes,{{cite web |url= http://www.ri.gov/election/results/2012/statewide_primary/races/268.html |title= 2012 Statewide Primary, Senator in General Assembly District 35 |publisher= Secretary of State of Rhode Island |location= Providence, Rhode Island |accessdate= March 10, 2014}} and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 7,886 votes (58.3%) against Democratic nominee Winters Hames.{{cite web |url= http://www.ri.gov/election/results/2012/general_election/races/139.html |title= 2012 General Election, Senator in General Assembly District 35 |publisher= Secretary of State of Rhode Island |location= Providence, Rhode Island |accessdate= March 10, 2014}}
- 2016: Hodgson resigned as a delegate to that year's 2016 Republican National Convention in order to support Libertarian Gary Johnson for president, instead of the presumptive Republican nominee, Donald Trump.{{cite web|url=http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20160712/ri-republican-hodgson-resigns-as-delegate-over-trump|title=R.I. Republican Hodgson resigns as delegate over Trump}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140310225122/http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/senators/Hodgson/default.aspx Official page] at the Rhode Island General Assembly
- [http://www.dawsonhodgson.com/ Campaign site]
- {{CongLinks | congbio = | votesmart = 126125 | fec = | congress = }}
- [http://ballotpedia.org/Dawson_Hodgson Dawson Hodgson] at Ballotpedia
- [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=145756 Dawson Hodgson] at OpenSecrets
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Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Bucknell University alumni
Category:People from North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Category:Politicians from Washington County, Rhode Island
Category:Republican Party Rhode Island state senators
Category:University of Connecticut School of Law alumni
Category:21st-century members of the Rhode Island General Assembly
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