Attorney general nominee advances to state Senate

The nomination of Doug Chin to be state attorney general sailed through the Senate Judiciary Committee Friday.

Chin, 48, was Honolulu managing director under former Mayor Peter Carlisle and before that was Carlisle’s first deputy in the Honolulu prosecutor’s office.

The nomination, which is now expected to reach the Senate floor in the coming days, was endorsed by a room full of supporters at the Judiciary Committee hearing.

Among them were Carlisle, former attorney generals David Louie, Mark Bennett, Robert Marks and Ron Amemiya.

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