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"<p dir=\"ltr\">PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Legal Newsline) -- State Sen. Dawson Hodgson said last week he is considering a run for Rhode Island attorney general.</p><br /><p dir=\"ltr\">Hodgson, a Republican, told <a href=\"http://ripr.org/post/dawson-hodgson-i-would-be-rhode-islands-next-attorney-general#.UkWY2t_B-vQ.twitter\">Rhode Island Public Radio</a> Thursday that he \"would like to be\" the state's next attorney general.</p><br /><br /><p dir=\"ltr\">\"I'm in the the very early stages of organizing a campaign for that office, and over the coming months, I'll be speaking with my family, my friends and constituents to determine whether I have the sufficient support to continue in public service,\" he told RIPR's Political Roundtable.</p><br /><p dir=\"ltr\">Hodgson is currently the deputy minority leader of the Senate, and is a member of the committee on government oversight, committee on judiciary and committee on labor.</p><br /><p dir=\"ltr\">An attorney and businessman, he is a graduate of St. George's School, Bucknell University and the University of Connecticut School of Law.</p><br /><p dir=\"ltr\">He was first elected to the Senate in 2010.</p><br /><p dir=\"ltr\">Hodgson, if he decides to run, likely would face current Attorney General Peter Kilmartin, who is expected to seek re-election.</p><br /><p dir=\"ltr\">Kilmartin, a retired police captain and a former member of the state House of Representatives, was elected to the office in 2010. He is a Democrat.</p><br /><p dir=\"ltr\"><em>From Legal Newsline: Reach Jessica Karmasek by email at <a href=\"mailto:jessica@legalnewsline.com\">jessica@legalnewsline.com</a>.</em></p>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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