Jeffrey McGraw

Official election context

Jeffrey McGraw is recorded as candidate for State House — Rockingham 16 in New Hampshire State Primary on 2026-09-08. Filing provenance: imported.

Reviewed evidence

• Jeffrey McGraw - profile overview | Citizens Count — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  "Business is the engine that creates wealth. In general, an entrepreneur will be a better allocator of resources than the state to meet citizens diverse needs. I believe this is mostly due to the incentive structures in place and and the significant cost of failure for business owners."

• Jeffrey McGraw - profile overview | Citizens Count — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  "First, their are things the state must do and those activities must be funded accordingly. Many surrounding states have the burden of an income tax. NH lack of an income tax acts as a check on runaway spending. Even if the state collected twice as much revenue, we could find a way to spend it all and more. Adding an income tax would also increase complexity and allow for 'opaque' budget discussion."

• Jeffrey McGraw - profile overview | Citizens Count — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  "In towns should be in control of local zoning to the greatest degree possible. If Windham wants to develop differently than Nashua the state should not be able to force a one size policy. However, large projects (nuclear power, airports, etc.) should have some type of state input. We learned in southern New Hampshire that environmental impacts (PFAS) don't stop at a town line."

• Jeffrey McGraw - profile overview | Citizens Count — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  "This sounds excellent. Again, I would need to better understand the specifics of how the program works. We want students and parents to be the customers."

• Jeffrey McGraw - profile overview | Citizens Count — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  "Spending and funding is best at as local level as possible. I understand the impact on home values for good schools, and I believe individual towns can make this decision themselves. Also, filtering the funds through the state adds cost and does not increase the total size of the pie."

• Jeffrey McGraw - profile overview | Citizens Count — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  "I am friendly to this idea but would need to clearly understand how it is structured. If poorly structured the risk of burden shifting could destroy any potential benefits to students or communities."

• Jeffrey McGraw - profile overview | Citizens Count — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  "I am in general in favor of controls on spending increases. Their would need to be some very serious thought into how student demand maps to school spending. If a community doubles in size they would be in a different situation than one which is shrinking."

• Jeffrey McGraw - profile overview | Citizens Count — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  "My first engineering job was in a Nuclear power plant. Demand for electricity is increasing across the world and the demand does not seem to be slowing down. Nuclear power is the only method I am aware of which has a clear runway to providing cheap, abundant, baseload, power."

• Jeffrey McGraw - profile overview | Citizens Count — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  "I would be willing to consider this if it is proven it does not increase costs to non-participating residents. The homes without solar should not be forced to subsidize others participation in the program. If this was cost effective, I don't see why the utility would need to be forced to expand the service."

• Jeffrey McGraw - profile overview | Citizens Count — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  "I fully support abortion in the case of risk to the mother. I understand the logic with sexual violence and would be sad but not oppose. I am very troubled by Mass recent approval of abortion up to birth and would vote against a bill of this sort."

• Jeffrey McGraw - profile overview | Citizens Count — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  "I am pro second amendment and the right of the average citizen to defend themselves. I firmly believe the best counter to bad guy with a gun is a community of good guys with a gun. Just the idea that people can defend themselves can act as a deterrent."

• Jeffrey McGraw - profile overview | Citizens Count — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  "This is an easy answer for me."

• Jeffrey McGraw - profile overview | Citizens Count — citizenscount.org (date not supplied)

  "While not a fan personally, I again support a persons freedom. I think the idea of having the state manage the sale similar to alcohol has some merit. I will need to think about this in greater detail."

Profile summary

Jeffrey McGraw is a Republican candidate for New Hampshire House Rockingham County District 16. Citizens Count lists his experience as a strategy and acquisitions consultant for aerospace and defense companies, with education in mechanical engineering, business, and international relations.