Gov. Chris Sununu plans to nominate his legal counsel, John Formella, to serve as New Hampshire’s attorney general.Sununu said he will submit the nomination to the Executive Council on Wednesday, with a vote likely March 24. If confirmed, Formella.
Sununu to nominate Hanover High graduate Formella as NH attorney general
John Formella has been nominated by Gov. Chris Sununu to serve as the next New Hampshire Attorney General. (Courtesy photograph)
Modified: 3/2/2021 11:02:56 PM
CONCORD Republican Gov. Chris Sununu plans to nominate his legal counsel, John Formella, to serve as New Hampshire’s attorney general.
Sununu said he will submit the nomination to the Executive Council on Wednesday, with a vote likely March 24. If confirmed, Formella would replace Gordon MacDonald, who was sworn in last week as chief justice of the state Supreme Court. Sununu said Formella’s excellent relationships with state leaders will enable him to transition smoothly into the new role.
Looking back at Biden s New Hampshire connection 30 years later Courtesy
Steven McAuliffe (right) shakes hands with then-Sen. Joe Biden in the State House in Concord, on Feb. 26, 1987. Jim Cole / AP file
Published: 1/23/2021 4:50:55 PM
In late Jan. of 1992 then-Sen. Joseph Biden spoke at the New Hampshire Bar Association’s Mid-Winter Meeting about the unenumerated freedoms contained in the Bill of Rights.
That was the same year Bill Clinton was elected President of the United States, the Cold War was declared over, and Microsoft released Windows 3.1.
United States District Court Judge Steve McAuliffe was the New Bar Association President in 1992 and had met Biden several years earlier while working on his presidential campaign with former N.H. Supreme Court Justice John Broderick.
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Pictured from left are Steven McAuliffe (President of the Bar Association in 1992, then Sen. Joe Biden, D-DE, and former NH Justice John Broderick, who became the Bar President in 1993. Bar News File Photo
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In late Jan. of 1992 then-Senator Joseph Biden spoke at the New Hampshire Bar Association’s Mid-Winter Meeting about the unenumerated freedoms contained in the Bill of Rights.
1992 was year Bill Clinton was elected President of the United States, the Cold War was declared over, and Microsoft released Windows 3.1.