Post-political Career
Since leaving office as Governor, Hodges has served as a senior advisor at McGuire Woods Consulting, LLC, and as partner in the affiliated law firm of McGuireWoods, LLP, and is based in Columbia, South Carolina.
He endorsed General Wesley Clark (D-Arkansas) in the 2004 Democratic presidential primaries, but had U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-Massachusetts), the eventual nominee, actually defeated incumbent U.S. President George W. Bush (R) in the 2004 general election, many experts believe that Hodges would have been a leading contender for U.S. Secretary of Education. In late 2004, Governor Hodges briefly flirted with the idea of running for the Chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee.
In 2007, Hodges publicly supported Stephen Colbert's attempt to run for president in the South Carolina primaries, and even offered himself up as a vice presidential choice should the comedian actually win the nomination. In February 2008 the former governor officially endorsed then-U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois) in the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries. The Obama campaign, in turn, named Hodges as one of its national co-chairs.
Hodges and his wife Rachel live in Columbia with their two sons, Luke and Sam. He is an Episcopalian.
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