Gordon A. MacInnes (born December 4,1941) is an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who has served in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature.[1] MacInnes was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly in 1973 in a heavily RepublicanMorris County district,as part of the Watergate-driven Democratic landslide of that year. He was defeated in his re-election bid in 1975.[2] In 1993,he won election to the New Jersey Senate in a major upset over incumbent Senate Majority Leader John H. Dorsey,again in a heavily Republican district.[3] He again failed to win re-election in 1997,losing to Republican Anthony Bucco,[2] who continued to hold that Senate seat until his death in 2019.
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.[6][7]
During the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson,MacInnes was deputy director of the White House Task Force on the Cities.[8]
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.[9] They have three sons and nine grandchildren.[10]
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