1. Douglas S Chin was born on July 21,1966 and is an American attorney and politician who served as the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii from February to December 2018.
26 Facts About Doug Chin
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On December 18,2017, Doug Chin announced his intent to run for the US House of Representatives.
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In February 2018, Doug Chin became Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii after the resignation of Shan Tsutsui and after two others in the line of succession declined the office.
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Douglas S Chin was born in Seattle to Chinese immigrant parents, his mother a librarian, and his father a civil engineer.
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Doug Chin started his legal career at the Honolulu prosecutor's office in 1998, where he tried approximately fifty jury cases to verdict.
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Doug Chin was recognized with a "Top Gun" award for winning the most trials in a calendar year out of 100 Honolulu prosecutors.
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In 2006, Doug Chin was appointed chief deputy prosecutor and later acting prosecutor in 2010.
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From 2010 to 2013, under Honolulu mayor Peter B Carlisle, Chin served as managing director for the City and County of Honolulu.
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Doug Chin was directly responsible for 23 municipal government and public safety agencies and approximately 10,000 employees with an annual operating budget of $2 billion.
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In 2011, Doug Chin oversaw city operations during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Honolulu, the first time the summit of nations was held in the United States.
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From 2013 to 2015, Doug Chin was a law partner and eventual managing partner at Carlsmith Ball, one of the oldest and largest law firms in the state of Hawai'i.
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Doug Chin led a suit on behalf of the State of Hawaii against the federal government that, on March 15,2017, blocked implementation of President Donald Trump's Executive Order 13780 entitled, "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States".
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Doug Chin filed a motion asking for clarification on what a bona fide relationship with someone in the United States means.
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On December 18,2017, Doug Chin announced he would run for Hawaii's 1st congressional district in 2018 to succeed the retiring Colleen Hanabusa.
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Doug Chin continued to serve as Lieutenant Governor while running for Congress, and lost the August 2018 Democratic primary to Ed Case.
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Doug Chin received the endorsement of End Citizens United in his Congressional campaign and signed a pledge to reject corporate political action committee contributions.
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Doug Chin supports giving Medicare additional powers to negotiate lower prescription drug prices for seniors.
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Doug Chin has been a strong advocate for preserving Hawai'i's natural resources and protecting the environment.
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Doug Chin opposed Scott Pruitt's EPA nomination and resisted the current administration's attempts to roll back the Clean Water Act.
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Doug Chin has supported preservation movements, such as those with the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument and protecting coastlines along O'ahu's North Shore.
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In Congress, Doug Chin wants to expand funding to Hawaii for sustainable source expansion, protect parks from fracking and drilling, and work towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Doug Chin received the endorsement of Ocean Champions, an organization dedicated to protecting the world's oceans, in his Congressional campaign.
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Doug Chin successfully defended Hawaii's Marriage Equality Act of 2013 in Hawaii Supreme Court case brought by Representative Bob McDermott attempting to invalidate the 2013 Act and restrict the rights of same-sex couples.
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Doug Chin supports enacting commonsense criminal justice reforms to reduce US incarceration rates, and focus more on rehabilitation and recovery.
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Doug Chin received the "Gun Sense Candidate" distinction from Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is a grassroots movement of Americans fighting for new and stronger solutions to lax gun laws and loopholes.
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Doug Chin noted that, as Attorney General, he defended the Hawaii Marriage Equality Act in the Hawaii Supreme Court and fought the Trump Administration to defend the rights of transgender service members, and, as Lieutenant Governor, announced his support for a proposal to ban gay conversion therapy.