As a former councilor, Sununu understands the role councilors play. But he decided to ask voters to give him a different, Republican-led group after the Democratic majority denied him key political appointments, including Gordon MacDonald as New Hampshire Supreme Court chief justice, 2018 congressional nominee Eddie Edwards as a professional licensing chief and Ryan Terrell of Nashua to a seat on the Board of Education. Milford Republican Joe Kenney return to the council after avenging their 2018 losses to Nashua Democrat Debora Pignatelli and Hanover Democrat Michael Cryans. Wheeler thought voters were galvanized by the record of number of bills passed by the Democratic-controlled Legislature and vetoed by Sununu.