Con Chellis
Converse A. Chellis, usually known as Con Chellis is an American insurance agent and politician from Summerville, South Carolina, elected in 2018 to the South Carolina House of Representatives to succeed fellow Republican Kate Harrington.
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 Kate Harrington 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
- ^ Votesmart profile
- ^ official biography
- ^ South Carolina House District 94, scstatehouse.gov
- ^ "Chellis announces bid for Statehouse" Summerville Journal Scene October 2, 2017
- ^ Harrison, Jenna-Ley. "Incumbents re-elected to council; Chellis, Murphy & Kimmons win in statehouse primaries" Summerville Journal Scene June 23, 2018
- ^ Damian Daly listing in Ballotpedia
- ^ "South Carolina State House District 94 General Race: Results from General Race on Nov. 6, 2018" tcpalm.com