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