Keith Hoffmann, who worked in a series of different roles in the Rhode Island Attorney General’s office, formally announced Tuesday his campaign to be the state’s next attorney general.

Hoffmann, 38, until recently served as director of policy in current Attorney General Peter Neronha’s office, and before that as chief of the civil and community rights unit.

Neronha was on hand as Hoffman spoke about his campaign during a mid-day event at the pedestrian bridge in Providence.

Hoffmann said he would try to emulate his former boss’s approach, in part by working to keep Rhode Islanders safe from violence and seeking progress on key issues.

“They need access to healthcare,” he said. “They need someone to stand up to the extremism and the overreach of the federal government. They need an att

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