{"id":12739,"date":"2026-09-30T07:02:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T11:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=12739"},"modified":"2026-09-30T07:02:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T11:02:48","slug":"concord-conversations-jeff-mcgraw-for-state-representative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=12739","title":{"rendered":"Concord Conversations: Jeff McGraw for State Representative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a recent episode of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@LondonderryAccessCenterTV\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@LondonderryAccessCenterTV\">Londonderry Access Center<\/a> TV\u00a0program &#8220;Concord Conversations,&#8221; hosts\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gc.nh.gov\/\/house\/members\/member.aspx?member=375453\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/gc.nh.gov\/\/house\/members\/member.aspx?member=375453\">Speaker Packard<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gc.nh.gov\/\/house\/members\/member.aspx?member=377267\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/gc.nh.gov\/\/house\/members\/member.aspx?member=377267\">Doug Thomas<\/a>\u00a0introduced\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61590607419176\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61590607419176\">Jeff McGrath<\/a>\u00a0as a candidate for the\u00a0New Hampshire State Representative\u00a0seat.\u00a0McGrath, a former Massachusetts Republican committee chair with a background in\u00a0defense consulting\u00a0and\u00a0energy engineering, detailed his primary motivations for running, including his desire to transition from an advisory town role to a position of\u00a0legislative authority. His platform emphasizes\u00a0spending discipline, the expansion of\u00a0biotech and business opportunities, and protecting\u00a0Second Amendment rights. The discussion also addressed local challenges such as\u00a0water contamination\u00a0from PFAS, the high cost of\u00a0energy, and the need for\u00a0affordable housing\u00a0solutions like accessory dwelling units.\u00a0McGrath\u00a0highlighted his commitment to\u00a0education\u00a0and shared his goal of serving on the\u00a0Finance\u00a0or\u00a0Science, Technology, and Energy\u00a0committees to leverage his professional expertise. The program concluded by encouraging\u00a0Londonderry\u00a0voters to engage with all candidates ahead of the upcoming\u00a0primary and general elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Link to the YouTube video <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/m4OD-S3N7lc?si=V8DaWSXJXuiV6bEb\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/m4OD-S3N7lc?si=V8DaWSXJXuiV6bEb\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"969\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-14.png 969w, https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-14-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-14-299x144.png 299w, https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-14-768x370.png 768w, https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-14-849x409.png 849w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related Posts<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=12703\">Jeff McGraw Republican for Londonderry State Representative<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?page_id=12418\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?page_id=12418\">2026 NH Primary \/ General Election Information<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent episode of the\u00a0Londonderry Access Center TV\u00a0program &#8220;Concord Conversations,&#8221; hosts\u00a0Speaker Packard\u00a0and\u00a0Doug Thomas\u00a0introduced\u00a0Jeff McGrath\u00a0as a candidate for the\u00a0New Hampshire State Representative\u00a0seat.\u00a0McGrath, a former Massachusetts Republican committee chair with a background in\u00a0defense consulting\u00a0and\u00a0energy engineering, detailed his primary motivations for running, including his desire to transition from an advisory town role&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12739"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12987,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12739\/revisions\/12987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}