George E. "Chip" Campsen III (born March 30, 1959) is an
American
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politician. He is a member of the Republican party.
Political career
Campsen is a
Republican member of the
South Carolina Senate
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, representing the 43rd District since 2004. Previously, he was a member of the
South Carolina House of Representatives from 1996 through 2002.
Campsen currently chairs the Senate Fish, Game and Forestry Committee, and serves on the Senate Judiciary, Legislative Oversight, Rules, and Transportation Committees.
He was the only state senator that voted against the Base Load Review Act in 2004 that led to the
failure of the VC Summer Nuclear Project expansion.
In June 2023, Campsen endorsed
Tim Scott in the
2024 United States presidential election
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.
[Sen. Tim Scott in Spartanburg to announce campaign endorsements". ''FOX Carolina''. June 12, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2023.]
References
External links
* https://www.scvotes.gov/cgi-bin/scsec/r1
* https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0302272691&session=112
* https://ballotpedia.org/George_Campsen#Biography
* https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/11920/chip-campsen-iii
Republican Party South Carolina state senators
Republican Party members of the South Carolina House of Representatives
1959 births
Living people
Furman University alumni
University of South Carolina alumni
University of South Carolina School of Law alumni
21st-century American legislators
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