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Jim MacKay (New Hampshire)

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New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 18
Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 14
Successor: Dan McGuire

Compensation

Base salary

$100/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Tufts University

Graduate

Tufts University

Contact

Jim MacKay (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Merrimack 18. He assumed office on December 7, 2022. His current term ends on December 2, 2026.

MacKay (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Merrimack 18. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Jim MacKay earned a B.A. and M.A. from Tufts University, an M.S.W. from Boston University, and a Ph.D. from the Union for Experimental Colleges and Universities. MacKay's career experience includes founding a private clinical social work practice and working as the director of alcoholism and the director of community mental health services of the New Hampshire Department of Public Health, an adjunct professor with the University of New Hampshire and the University of UConn, and the director of research of the Massachusetts Youth Service Board. He has served as the mayor and a city councilor of Concord, New Hampshire.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

MacKay was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

MacKay was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

New Hampshire committee assignments, 2017
Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, MacKay served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, MacKay served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, MacKay served on the following committee:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 18

Incumbent Jim MacKay defeated Kristen Jackson in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 18 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Jim MacKay (D)
 
67.0
 
1,526
Kristen Jackson (R)
 
33.0
 
752
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
1

Total votes: 2,279
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 18

Incumbent Jim MacKay advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 18 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Jim MacKay
 
99.6
 
552
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
2

Total votes: 554
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 18

Kristen Jackson advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 18 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Kristen Jackson
 
98.8
 
168
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.2
 
2

Total votes: 170
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 18

Incumbent Jim MacKay defeated Kristen Jackson in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 18 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Jim MacKay (D)
 
72.4
 
1,308
Kristen Jackson (R)
 
27.6
 
498
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
1

Total votes: 1,807
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 18

Incumbent Jim MacKay advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 18 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Jim MacKay
 
99.8
 
432
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
1

Total votes: 433
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 18

Kristen Jackson advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 18 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Kristen Jackson
 
97.5
 
157
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.5
 
4

Total votes: 161
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2020

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 14

Incumbent Jim MacKay defeated Donna Davey in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 14 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Jim MacKay (D)
 
70.6
 
1,439
Donna Davey (R)
 
29.3
 
597
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
1

Total votes: 2,037
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 14

Incumbent Jim MacKay defeated Roy Schweiker in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 14 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Jim MacKay
 
85.5
 
536
Roy Schweiker
 
14.5
 
91

Total votes: 627
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 14

Donna Davey advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 14 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Donna Davey
 
100.0
 
162

Total votes: 162
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2018

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 14

Incumbent Jim MacKay defeated Mike Visconti in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 14 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Jim MacKay (D)
 
74.7
 
1,199
Image of Mike Visconti
Mike Visconti (R)
 
25.2
 
404
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
2

Total votes: 1,605
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 14

Incumbent Jim MacKay defeated Roy Schweiker in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 14 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Jim MacKay
 
85.5
 
396
Roy Schweiker
 
14.5
 
67

Total votes: 463
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 14

Mike Visconti advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 14 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mike Visconti
Mike Visconti
 
100.0
 
29

Total votes: 29
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2016

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the New Hampshire House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 10, 2016.

Incumbent Jim MacKay ran unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Merrimack 14 general election.[2][3]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 14 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Jim MacKay Incumbent (unopposed)
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State


Incumbent Jim MacKay ran unopposed in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Merrimack 14 Democratic primary.[4][5]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 14 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Jim MacKay Incumbent (unopposed)


2014

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the New Hampshire House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 13, 2014. Incumbent Jim MacKay was unopposed in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[6]

2012

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2012

MacKay won re-election in the 2012 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives, Merrimack 14. MacKay was unopposed in the September 11 primary and was unopposed in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[7][8]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Merrimack 14, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJim MacKay Incumbent 100% 1,449
Total Votes 1,449

2010

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2010

On November 2, 2010, MacKay won election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives.[9][10]

MacKay advanced past the September 14 primary election. He faced incumbent Candace Bouchard (D), incumbent Robert Williams (D), incumbent Michael Bartlett (D), incumbent Lynne Blankenbeker (R), Dick Patten (D), Jeff Newman (R), Frank Rosano (R), and Klee Dienes (R) in the November 2 general election.

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Merrimack 11 general election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Jim MacKay (D) 3,071
Green check mark transparent.png Dick Patten (D) 2,998
Green check mark transparent.png Candace Bouchard (D) 2,869
Green check mark transparent.png Robert Williams (D) 2,706
Green check mark transparent.png Lynne Blankenbeker (R) 2,521
Michael Bartlett (D) 2,481
Barbara Barrett (R) 2,055
Jeff Newman (R) 2,030
Frank Rosano (R) 1,919
Klee Dienes (R) 1,652

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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2020

Jim MacKay did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Jim MacKay campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 18Won general$0 $0
2022New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 18Won general$0 $0
2018New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 14Won general$1,036 N/A**
2016New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 14Won $0 N/A**
2014New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Merrimack 14Won $0 N/A**
2012New Hampshire House, Merrimack 14Won $0 N/A**
2010New Hampshire House, Merrimack 11Won $3,170 N/A**
2008New Hampshire House, Merrimack 11Lost $3,926 N/A**
2006New Hampshire House, Merrimack 11Won $5,200 N/A**
2004New Hampshire House, Merrimack 11Won $5,779 N/A**
2002New Hampshire House, District 39Won $3,090 N/A**
2000New Hampshire House, District 24Won $0 N/A**
1998New Hampshire House, District 24Lost $3,055 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2011

See also


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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Kris Schultz (D)
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 18
2022-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
-
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 14
2010-2022
Succeeded by
Dan McGuire (R)


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John Hunt (R)
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Seth King (R)
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Bill Ohm (R)
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Matt Drew (R)
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Keith Erf (R)
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Lily Foss (D)
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Lisa Post (R)
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Alvin See (R)
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Zoe Manos (D)
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Pam Brown (R)
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Mary Ford (R)
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Terry Roy (R)
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