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Sununu plans to renominate MacDonald for state Supreme Court
Nomination had been rejected by Democratically-controlled Executive Council Share Updated: 7:48 PM EST Jan 6, 2021
Nomination had been rejected by Democratically-controlled Executive Council Share Updated: 7:48 PM EST Jan 6, 2021
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Show Transcript SEXTON HAS REACTION TONIGHT FROM THE STATE HOUSE. THE 2020 ELECTION DELIVERED GOVERNOR CHRIS SUNUNU A REPUBLICAN MAJORITY ON THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, AND HE IS WASTING NO TIME IN TAKING ADVANTAGE, ANNOUNCING ONE DAY BEFORE THE NEW COUNCIL IS SWORN IN THAT HE WILL RENOMINATE ATTORNEY GENERAL GORDON MACDONALD FOR CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SUPREME COURT. WHEN THE OUTGOING DEMOCRATIC COUNCIL REJECTED MACDONALD IN 2019 THE FOCUS WAS ON HIS PAST WORK AS COUNSEL FOR REPUBLICAN POLITICAL CANDIDATES MR. MACDONALD HAS WORKED FOR AND SUPPORTED HIGHLY PARTISAN POLITICIANS WITH SHOCKINGLY EXTREME VIEWS. IN RESPONSE, GOVERNOR SUNU
Sununu renominates MacDonald for NH Supreme Court
Gordon MacDonald speaks during a public hearing in the executive council chambers, Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at the New Hampshire Statehouse in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon MacDonald in West Lebanon, N.H., on Feb. 13, 2018. (Valley News - Geoff Hansen) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
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CONCORD Gov. Chris Sununu is once again nominating Attorney General Gordon MacDonald as chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, this time under a GOP-led Executive Council that would have to approve his confirmation.
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Attorney General Gordon MacDonald in attendance at the Executive Council meeting Wednesday. Photo/Paula Tracy
CONCORD, NH – Governor Chris Sununu on Wednesday announced that he will nominate Attorney General Gordon MacDonald to serve as the next Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. The nomination will be made January 7, at the first Executive Council Meeting of 2021. If confirmed, AG MacDonald will succeed Chief Justice Bob Lynn, who retired on August 23rd, 2019 and take over leadership of the Judicial Branch from Senior Associate Justice Gary Hicks, who has lead the branch admirably for the last year and a half.
CONCORD â Gov. Chris Sununu announced Wednesday he will nominate Attorney General Gordon MacDonald to serve as the next chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court.
The nomination will be made today at the first Executive Council Meeting of 2021. If confirmed, AG MacDonald will succeed Chief Justice Bob Lynn, who retired Aug. 23, 2019, and take over leadership of the Judicial Branch from Senior Associate Justice Gary Hicks, who has led the branch for the past year and a half.
âGordon has served this state with distinction as Attorney General for the last four years, and I am honored to nominate him to lead our stateâs highest court,â said Sununu.