# Mark McConkey Mark McConkey is a Republican member of the New Hampshire Senate for district 3. - Party: Republican - Seat: New Hampshire Senate, district 3 - Serving since: 2002-12-04 - Current term: NH 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/c344ed7a-6fea-4f17-9c48-4e27d67bebc8 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c344ed7a-6fea-4f17-9c48-4e27d67bebc8 (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 McConkey sits at +0.12 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 83% of State Senate Republicans. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.12 (standard error 0.01), from 45 donors and 750 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 17% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (NH 2025–26 session) 208 roll calls. Attendance 97.6% (New Hampshire Senate 98.4%). Party unity 98.2% (98.4%). 4 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-08-19 · voted yea · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · HB 1766 relative to cruelty to livestock. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1766/ - 2026-08-19 · voted nay · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · SB 535 defining residential breeder and imported animal for the purposes of animal transfers and removing references to commercial kennels. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB535/ - 2026-08-19 · voted yea · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · SB 475 relative to pet vendor foster homes, defining pet vendor foster facility, and relative to cruelty to livestock. · fail · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB475/ - 2026-08-19 · voted nay · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · HB 1422 relative to the time to petition for a new trial. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1422/ - 2026-08-19 · voted nay · VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required · SB 468 relative to enabling alternative treatment centers to operate a greenhouse cultivation location. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB468/ - 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Conference Committee Report · HB 1300 establishing a school district local tax cap question for the state general elections of 2026 and 2028 and related limitations on central office… · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1300/ - 2026-05-21 · voted not voting · Concur · SB 430 relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and legal guardians. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB430/ - 2026-05-21 · voted not voting · Concur · SB 223 relative valid photo identification for purposes of obtaining a ballot and relative to the production of lists of certain schools of higher education. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB223/ - 2026-05-21 · voted not voting · Concur · SB 574 establishing a commission to study the efficiency and structure of school administrative units. · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB574/ - 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Ought to Pass w/Amendment · HB 1793 prohibiting public colleges and universities from regulating the possession or carrying of certain weapons on campus and establishing a committee to… · pass · https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/HB1793/ ## Legislation (NH 2025–26 session) Sponsored 11 bills: 11 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 45. 90.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Hampshire Senate 78.9%; rank 4 of 24). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 629: renaming the new roundabout on Route 302 at the East Conway Road intersection to "Oliveira Circle." (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB629/ - SB 585: relative to audits for communications districts. (became law, 2026-07-09) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB585/ - SB 598: establishing the cyanobacteria mitigation loan and grant fund task force. (became law, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB598/ - SB 539: relative to eligible biomass technology in the renewable portfolio standards. (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB539/ - SB 495: increasing the limit for transfers of appropriations in Carroll County. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2026/SB495/ - SB 215: establishing voting procedures for electing town officers in unorganized towns or places. (became law, 2025-11-03) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/SB215/ - SB 232: clarifying certain net metering terms and conditions. (became law, 2025-08-04) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/SB232/ - SB 266: relative to safety and accountability of drivers under 18 years of age. (became law, 2025-07-22) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/SB266/ - SB 153: relative to expedited driveway permitting of major entrances for residential use of 20 units or greater and the time frame for approval or denial of permit… (became law, 2025-07-08) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/SB153/ - SB 94: prohibiting municipal amendments to the state building code. (passed one chamber, 2025-11-06) https://openstates.org/nh/bills/2025/SB94/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $74.2K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 88% 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=376495 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/McConkeyforNH/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.mcconkey.39 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-mcconkey-75263a2b/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c344ed7a-6fea-4f17-9c48-4e27d67bebc8