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Alison McHose
Alison Littell McHose (b. May 24, 1965) is a former Republican member of the New Jersey General Assembly, representing District 24 from 2003 to October 17, 2015. She resigned so that she could focus all her time on her other job as administrator of Franklin Borough. She was appointed to the position on January 1, 2015.[1][2]
McHose previously served as Deputy Minority Whip from 2012 to 2013, and as Deputy Conference Leader from 2008 to 2009. McHose sits on the Sussex County Office of Aging Advisory Board (1997-present) and the Franklin Economic Development Committee (1995-present).[3]
Biography
McHose earned her B.S. in government and politics with a concentration in economics from the University of Maryland, College Park. Her professional experience includes working as a Senate legislative aide specializing in budget issues.[4]
Committee assignments
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, McHose served on the following committees:
| New Jersey committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Appropriations |
| • Consumer Affairs |
2014 legislative session
In the 2014 legislative session, McHose served on the following committees:
| New Jersey committee assignments, 2014 |
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| • Appropriations |
| • Consumer Affairs |
2010-2012
In the 2010-2012 legislative session, McHose served on the following committees:
| New Jersey committee assignments, 2010 |
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| • Human Services |
| • Military and Veterans' Affairs |
Campaign themes
McHose listed on her campaign website the following priority issues:[5]
- Ethics reform, property tax reform, completing the Lackawanna Cutoff rail passenger restoration project, limiting the eminent domain of the state, restricting where sex offenders can live and tougher drunk driving laws.
Debates
On July 7, 2011, Democrats Ed Selby, Leslie Huhn and Jim Nye sent a letter to Republican incumbents Alison McHose, Gary Chiusano and Steven Oroho, challenging them to a series of debates to take place before the November 8 general election. Leslie Huhn stated that Republicans have "had it too easy" in recent elections, and that they have taken their constituents for granted for too long.[6]
The Democrats gave Republicans 10 days to respond. The same day (July 7), Lou Crescitelli, spokesman for the District 24 Republicans, confirmed the GOP incumbents would participate in the debates. Since redistricting took place, 11 new county municipalities were added to the district. Ed Selby (D) suggested the need to "expand"[6] because the newly annexed counties might not know the candidates as well. The invitation to debate was not sent to the two Independent candidates in Assembly District 24, Rose Ann Salanitri and Mark Quick.[6]
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2013
McHose won re-election in the 2013 election for New Jersey General Assembly District 24. McHose was bracketed with Parker Space. She was unopposed in the June 4 Republican primary. She and incumbent Parker Space (R) defeated Susan M. Williams (D) and William Weightman (D) in the general election on November 5, 2013.[7][8][9][10]
| New Jersey General Assembly, District 24 General Election, 2013 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Alison McHose Incumbent |
36% | 37,399 | |
| Republican | Parker Space Incumbent |
33.8% | 35,093 | |
| Democratic | Susan M. Williams | 16.3% | 16,883 | |
| Democratic | William Weightman | 13.9% | 14,411 | |
| Total Votes | 103,786 | |||
2011
McHose won re-election in 2011. She and Gary Chiusano ran unopposed in the Republican Primary on June 7. They then defeated Leslie Huhn, Jim Nye, Rose Ann Salanitri and Mark Quick in the November 8 general election.[11]
| New Jersey General Assembly District 24 General Election, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Alison McHose Incumbent |
30.6% | 19,026 | |
| Republican | Gary Chiusano Incumbent |
29.8% | 18,561 | |
| Democratic | Leslie Huhn | 16.5% | 10,290 | |
| Democratic | Jim Nye | 15.8% | 9,832 | |
| Independent | Rose Ann Salanitri | 5.1% | 3,161 | |
| Independent | Mark Quick | 2.2% | 1,382 | |
| Total Votes | 62,252 | |||
2009
Running for re-election in the November 3, 2009, general election, McHose received 49,720 votes (44%), defeating Democratic challenger Frederick Katz, Jr.[12] She was bracketed with Gary Chiusano (R). [13]
| New Jersey Assembly General Election, Twenty-Fourth Legislative District (2009) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Alison Littell McHose (R)
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50,973 | |||
| Gary R. Chiusano (R)
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47,741 | |||
| Frederick J. Katz, Jr. (D) | 17,781 | |||
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2015
In 2015, the 216th New Jersey State Legislature, second annual session, was in session from January 13 through December 31.
- ACLU-NJ: 2014-2015 Scorecard
- Legislators are scored based on their voting record for bills relating to civil liberties.
- Clean Water Action: Legislative Scorecard 2014-2015
- Legislators are scored on environment and conservation issues.
- New Jersey League of Conservation Voters: 2015 Legislative Environmental Scorecard
- Legislators are scored on their votes concerning environmental issues.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
2014
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In 2014, the 216th New Jersey State Legislature, first annual session, was in session from January 14 through January 12, 2015.
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2013
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In 2013, the 215th New Jersey State Legislature, second annual session, was in session from January 10 to January 13, 2014.
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2012
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In 2012, the 215th New Jersey State Legislature, first annual session, was in session from January 10 to January 9, 2013.
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Personal
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McHose and her husband, Morgan, have three children.
Additional reading
- NJSpotlight, "Candidates: Legislative District 24," November 3, 2011
- NJSpotlight, "Legislative District 24," October 5, 2011
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Alison + McHose + New + Jersey + General + Assembly"
See also
- New Jersey General Assembly
- General Assembly Committees
- New Jersey State Legislature
- Joint Committees
- New Jersey state legislative districts
External links
- Profile from Open States
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Alison McHose on Twitter
- Campaign contributions via OpenSecrets
Footnotes
- ↑ The Advertiser News, "Littell McHose resigns from Assembly," accessed October 21, 2015
- ↑ NorthJersey.com, "N.J. assemblywoman gets new job, will leave Legislature," January 1, 2015
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed April 10, 2014
- ↑ "Assemblywoman Alison McHose official website," accessed May 9, 2013
- ↑ Official campaign website, "Issues," accessed April 10, 2014
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Lehighvalleylive.com, "New Jersey's 24th District Republicans accept Democrats' challenge to debate," July 8, 2011
- ↑ New Jersey Department of Elections, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed July 26, 2013
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official 2013 General Assembly general election candidates," accessed April 10, 2014
- ↑ Associated Press, "New Jersey - Summary Vote Results," November 6, 2013
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "2013 Official General Election results," accessed December 9, 2013
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "2011 Official General Assembly Primary Candidate List," accessed April 10, 2014
- ↑ Associated Press, "General Election Results, November 4, 2009," accessed April 10, 2014
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Official 2009 New Jersey Assembly General Election Results," accessed April 10, 2014
