Jim Rubens

Jim Rubens

Member of the New Hampshire Senate from the 5th district
In office January 1994 – January 1998
Preceded by	Ralph D. Hough
Succeeded by	Clifton Below
Personal details
Born	New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Dartmouth College
Website	Official website

Jim Rubens is an American politician from the state of New Hampshire. A member of the Republican Party, Rubens served in the New Hampshire Senate for two terms.

Rubens was born in Brooklyn. He attended Dartmouth College. He worked as a developer and investor.

Identifying himself as a fiscal conservative, Rubens formed a new political party in 1993, called the New Majority, an offshoot of the Independence Party of New York. Rubens ran for the New Hampshire Senate in 1994, challenging Ralph Hough in the Republican Party primary election. Rubens defeated Hough, and won in the general election. He was sworn in in 1995. Rubens was reelected in 1996. Rather than run for reelection to the New Hampshire Senate in 1998, he ran for Governor of New Hampshire in the 1998 election, but lost. Rubens ran again for the state Senate in 2000, but lost.

Rubens recently served as the chairman of the Granite State Coalition Against Expanded Gambling. He stepped down from this position when he became a candidate for the United States Senate, seeking the Republican nomination in the 2014 election. He had the support of the Mayday PAC for the race. Rubens lost the primary election to Scott Brown.

Rubens lost to incumbent Senator Kelly Ayotte in the 2016 election.