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Attorney General Gordon MacDonald is seated at right during the Executive Council's public hearing on his nomination to be the chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court in 2019. Today, Gov. Sununu nominated him again. (GARRY RAYNO PHOTO)

CONCORD — 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.

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