[1] MacInnes was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly in 1973 in a heavily Republican Morris County district, as part of the Watergate-driven Democratic landslide of that year.
[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.
[5] MacInnes is the president of New Jersey Policy Perspective, a left-leaning, nonprofit organization that researches and analyzes economic issues.
[6][7] During the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson, MacInnes was deputy director of the White House Task Force on the Cities.
[8] 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.