Capital Beat: Conflict of interest concerns swirl around MacDonald Supreme Court bid
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Gordon MacDonald first shot to prominence as New Hampshire’s attorney general two years ago. Yet in chasing the nomination for chief justice to the Supreme Court, he’s tracing an even rarer path.
Since 1901, only four New Hampshire attorneys general have gone on to serve on the Supreme Court, according to state records. But even those cases differ from MacDonald’s intended course.