George E. "Chip" Campsen III (born March 30, 1959) is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate, representing the 43rd District since 2004. Previously, he was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1996 through 2002. 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. 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 21st-century American politicians