PIERRE - South Dakota Attorney General Larry Long is hospitalized with a bleeding ulcer, his office said Friday.

Long was running an Open Government Task Force Meeting in Mitchell on Thursday afternoon when he became lightheaded. Long said during the meeting that he hadn't been feeling well lately.

An ambulance was called, and he was taken to Avera Queen of Peace Hospital in Mitchell and put under observation. Doctors have diagnosed Long with a duodenal ulcer.

Long is expected to remain in the hospital for several days, but he's expected to make a full recovery, his office says.

Long, who has been South Dakota's chief deputy attorney general since 1991, grew up in Martin, where his parents operated a weekly newspaper.

He graduated from South Dakota State University in 1969 and received his law degree from the University of South Dakota in 1972.

Long was appointed Bennett County state's attorney in 1973 and held that office for 17 years.

He served as president of the South Dakota States Attorneys Association in 1983-84 and was on the National District Attorneys Association board of directors from 1988 to 1990.