Dave McCray to run for NH Executive Council

Dave McCray says he is running for the New Hampshire Executive Council.

McCray, chairman of the Merrimack Business Association and co-owner of Silver Chariot Transportation, is a former Merrimack Town Councilor.

"The timing is right," he said in a phone interview with Patch. "We need some more conservative voices. What's been going on there is a disgrace."

The disgrace, he elaborated, is about the lack of fiscally conservative leadership.

The state filing period opens in June.

District 5 is currently represented by Councilor Deb Pignatelli, a Democrat from Nashua, who announced earlier this month that she would not seek re-election this year.

The Executive Council is currently comprised of three Democrats and two Republicans.

The territory of District 5:  Amherst, Antrim, Bennington, Brookline, Deering, Dunbarton, Fitzwilliam, Francestown, Greenfield, Greenville, Hillsborough, Hollis, Hudson, Jaffrey, Litchfield, Lyndeborough, Mason, Merrimack, Milford, Mont Vernon, New Boston, New Ipswich, Peterborough, Richmond, Rindge, Sharon, Swanzey, Temple, Troy, Weare, Wilton, and Windsor, and the city of Nashua.