Dawson Tucker Hodgson (born July 10, 1978) is an American politician and a

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member of the

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who represented the 35th district from January 4, 2011 until January 6, 2015. In 2014 he made an unsuccessful bid for

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Education

Hodgson graduated from St. Georges School in

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and continued his education at

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and earned his JD from the

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Elections

*2010: When District 35 Democratic Senator

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retired and left the seat open, Hodgson was unopposed for the September 23, 2010 Republican Primary, winning with 971 votes, and won the November 2, 2010 General election with 6,006 votes (54.2%) against Democratic nominee Mark Schwager. *2012: Hodgson was unopposed for the September 11, 2012 Republican Primary, winning with 1,097 votes, and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 7,886 votes (58.3%) against Democratic nominee Winters Hames. *2016: Hodgson resigned as a delegate to that year's

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in order to support

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for president, instead of the presumptive Republican nominee,

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References

External links

Official page
at the

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Campaign site
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Dawson Hodgson
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Dawson Hodgson
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