Con Chellis

Con Chellis (born Converse A. Chellis IV; November 16, 1978) is an American insurance agent and politician. In 2018, he was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives.

Con Chellis
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
from the 94th district
Assumed office
January 9, 2019
Preceded byKatie Arrington
Personal details
Born (1978-11-16) November 16, 1978
Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Tara Chellis
Children3
ResidenceSummerville, South Carolina, U.S.
EducationEast Tennessee State University
OccupationInsurance agent
Politician

Background

Born November 16, 1978 in Charleston, South Carolina, he is the son of Converse Chellis III and Sharon Chellis, and a 2002 graduate of East Tennessee State University in political science. Chellis has served since 2016 on the county council of Dorchester County. On February 21, 2009 he married Tara Lorraine, a chiropractor; they have three children.[1][2]

Legislative race

On October 2, 2017, Chellis he was running for the 94th district seat, representing portions of Charleston and Dorchester counties [3], as incumbent Katie Arrington had announced that she was running against incumbent Congressman Mark Sanford in the Republican primary.[4] He won the June 2, 2018 primary, with 62.8% of the vote to 31.14% for Evan Guthrie and 6.07% for Glenn Zingarino.[5] On November 6, he won the general election, receiving 8,450 to 4,960 for Democratic nominee Damian Daly (who had also been the Democratic nominee in the 2014 and 2016 races for this seat[6]).[7]

References
  1. Votesmart profile
  2. official biography
  3. South Carolina House District 94, scstatehouse.gov
  4. "Chellis announces bid for Statehouse" Summerville Journal Scene October 2, 2017
  5. Harrison, Jenna-Ley. "Incumbents re-elected to council; Chellis, Murphy & Kimmons win in statehouse primaries" Summerville Journal Scene June 23, 2018
  6. Damian Daly listing in Ballotpedia
  7. "South Carolina State House District 94 General Race: Results from General Race on Nov. 6, 2018" tcpalm.com
South Carolina House of Representatives
Preceded by
Katie Arrington		 Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
from the 94th district
2019–present		 Incumbent
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