# Dave McDonough

Dave McDonough is a Republican member of the New York House for district 14.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New York House, district 14
- Serving since: 2002-02-12
- Current term: NY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9f3ae1c5-651b-4cc8-a1ce-9e94c414a220

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9f3ae1c5-651b-4cc8-a1ce-9e94c414a220 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

McDonough missed 52% of 2,019 roll calls, the lowest attendance of 149 in the New York House (average 93.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.39 (standard error 0.02), from 0 donors and 970 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 57% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NY 2025–26 session)

2,019 roll calls. Attendance 48% (New York House 93.9%). Party unity 81% (92.9%). 30 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-05 · voted not voting · Assembly Vote · S 10586 Extends provisions relating to public hearings on proposed rules · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10586/
- 2026-06-05 · voted not voting · Assembly Vote · S 10001 Provides for a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10001/
- 2026-06-05 · voted not voting · Assembly Vote · S 10655 Relates to the compensation, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment of certain state officers and employees; repealer · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10655/
- 2026-06-05 · voted not voting · Assembly Vote · S 9862 Authorizes the town of Minisink to impose a hotel and motel tax · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9862/
- 2026-06-05 · voted not voting · Assembly Vote · S 9027 Authorizes the village of Ellicottville to impose a hotel and motel tax · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9027/
- 2026-06-05 · voted not voting · Assembly Vote · S 7607 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Lt. Gary A. Scott · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S7607/
- 2026-06-05 · voted not voting · Assembly Vote · S 10550 Authorizes the Church of Pentecost, USA, Inc. to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10550/
- 2026-06-05 · voted not voting · Assembly Vote · S 8453 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to William Cornell · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S8453/
- 2026-06-05 · voted not voting · Assembly Vote · S 9969 Authorizes the town justice of the town of Dix to be a nonresident of such town · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9969/
- 2026-06-05 · voted not voting · Assembly Vote · S 9983 Authorizes Joseph Fredrick to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be eligible for employment as a… · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9983/

## Legislation (NY 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 25 bills: 25 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 690. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York House 20.4%; rank 146 of 148).

Recent sponsored bills:

- A 11246: Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to William Cornell (in committee, 2026-06-05) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11246/
- A 10276: Authorizes the Merrick Hook & Ladder Co. 1 fire company recieve retroactive real property tax exempt status (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10276/
- A 10166: Establishes the division of the crime victims' statewide advocate to represent crime victims' legal interests (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10166/
- A 10178: Exempts vehicles owned and/or operated by certain persons, vendors, organizations or not-for-profit corporations from the imposition of the metropolitan… (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10178/
- A 10155: Relates to the procedure for voting increases in the rate of state taxes (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10155/
- A 9303: Requires all medical facilities to have immediate access to every single-occupancy bathroom where a patient could be in an emergency (in committee, 2026-01-07) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A9303/
- A 8357: Authorizes Joshua Kaye to receive certain retroactive membership in the New York state and local police and fire retirement system (in committee, 2026-05-19) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A8357/
- A 8181: Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Police Officer Frederick G. Maley (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A8181/
- A 4370: Designates a portion of the state highway system as the Trooper Edward L. Cunningham Memorial Bridge (in committee, 2026-01-07) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A4370/
- A 4245: Authorizes the New York state and local employees' retirement system to accept an application for disability retirement benefits from Andrew Reilly, Jr. (in committee, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A4245/

## Links

- Official site: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/David-G-McDonough
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AssemblymanDaveMcDonough/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9f3ae1c5-651b-4cc8-a1ce-9e94c414a220