# John MacDonald

John MacDonald is a Republican member of the New Hampshire House for district Carroll 6.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Hampshire House, district Carroll 6
- Serving since: 2018-12-05
- Current term: NH 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a22a36bb-3514-4d76-a39e-791902f41d6c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a22a36bb-3514-4d76-a39e-791902f41d6c (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

MacDonald sits at +0.03 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 94% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.03 (standard error 0.01), from 26 donors and 1,141 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 6.2% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NH 2025–26 session)

557 roll calls. Attendance 92.4% (New Hampshire House 89%). Party unity 94.0% (95.3%). 30 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · Veto Override · HB 2026 relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement plan; relative to toll rate adjustments and periodic toll reviews for the New Hampshire… · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB2026/
- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · Veto Override · HB 1358 establishing a commission to study transitioning all public schools to public charter schools. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1358/
- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · Veto Override · HB 1610 allowing school districts to annually retain year-end unassigned general funds. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1610/
- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · Veto Override · HB 1336 relative to regulated conditional deposits. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1336/
- 2026-08-19 · voted nay · Veto Override · HB 1726 relative to the sale of surplus state-owned land and establishing a commission to study the sale of state-owned property. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1726/
- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · Veto Override · HB 1766 relative to cruelty to livestock. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1766/
- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · Veto Override · HB 1102 increasing the research and development tax credit cap and relative to state park fees for state residents. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1102/
- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · Veto Override · SB 468 relative to enabling alternative treatment centers to operate a greenhouse cultivation location. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB468/
- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · Veto Override · HB 1097 requiring legislative approval of the amendment or permanent removal of historical markers. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1097/
- 2026-08-19 · voted yea · Veto Override · HB 232 relative to the rights of conscience for medical professionals. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB232/

## Legislation (NH 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 10 bills: 10 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 18. 80.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire House 47.9%; rank 16 of 128).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1837: relative to the New Hampshire marine patrol. (passed both chambers, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1837/
- HB 1477: relative to the permitting and regulation of anchored seasonal floating platforms on public waters. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1477/
- HB 1459: standardizing the application of post-retirement part-time hour limits under the New Hampshire retirement system. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1459/
- HB 1431: restricting the use of neonicotinoid pesticides. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1431/
- HB 1439: relative to exceeding part-time employment hourly limits for members of the New Hampshire retirement system. (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1439/
- HB 1301: increasing certain mooring fees and directing such funds to the cyanobacteria mitigation loan and grant fund. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1301/
- HB 1086: creating a committee to study neonicotinoid seed treatments. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1086/
- HB 426: relative to property tax exemptions for charitable organizations for the prior tax year. (became law, 2025-05-21) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB426/
- HB 218: relative to providing victims of crime with a free police report of the investigation. (became law, 2025-07-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB218/
- HB 203: relative to coast guard approved personal flotation devices while on New Hampshire state waters. (passed one chamber, 2025-02-13) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/HB203/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $5,179 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=408825
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-macdonald-esq-25163016/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a22a36bb-3514-4d76-a39e-791902f41d6c