Gordon A. MacInnes (born December 4, 1941) is an American

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politician from

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who has served twice in the state Legislature. MacInnes was elected to the state Assembly in 1973 in a heavily

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Morris County district, as part of the

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-driven Democratic landslide of that year. He was defeated in his re-election bid in 1975. In 1993, he won election to the

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in a major upset over incumbent Senate Majority Leader John H. Dorsey, again in a heavily Republican district. He again failed to win re-election in 1997, losing to Republican Anthony Bucco, who continued to hold that Senate seat until his death in 2019. MacInnes also served as Assistant Commissioner in the

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from 2002 to 2007. He serves as a member of the Board of Governors of

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. He also is a former executive director of the

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. MacInnes is the president of New Jersey Policy Perspective, a left-leaning, nonprofit organization that researches and analyzes economic issues. MacInnes is a fellow at the Century Foundation in New York and was a lecturer at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. During the administration of President

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, MacInnes was deputy director of the White House Task Force on the Cities.

Personal life

He is married to Blair MacInnes, a philanthropist and former teacher who lives in Morris Township and has served on boards for many civic and charitable organizations. They have three sons and nine grandchildren.

References

1941 births Living people Democratic Party New Jersey state senators Democratic Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly People from Corsicana, Texas Politicians from Morris County, New Jersey {{NewJersey-politician-stub