Bill Chumley

Bill Chumley
South Carolina House District 35
Incumbent
In office
2010 - Present
Term ends
November 10, 2014
Years in position	3
Party	Republican
Compensation
Base salary	$10,400/year
Per diem	$131/day
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
First elected	2010
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	N/A
Personal
Profession	Business owner, farmer
Websites
Office website

Bill Chumley (b. February 16, 1971) is a Republican member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 35.

Chumley won election to represent District 35 in the November 2, 2010 state legislative elections.

The 35th District lies in southwestern Spartanburg county, including Reidville and Woodruff.

Biography

Chumley is a Redville, SC native, where he is a Deacon.

Chumley's father, Rob, a magistrate judge, once ran for the House 35 seat himself. Chumley launched his own campaign on September 23, 2009.

He owns four businesses and holds seven patents and three Federal trademarks. Chumley Enterprises, a landscaping business, the Southern Shade Nursery, Reidville Products International, and home improvement hardware manufacturer Drainbox, all operate around the Spartanburg area.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Chumley served on the following committees:

South Carolina Committee Assignments, 2013
• Agriculture, Natural Resources & Environmental Affairs

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Chumley served on the following committees:

South Carolina Committee Assignments, 2011
• Agriculture, Natural Resources & Environmental Affairs

Issues

Affordable care act

In December 2012, Chumley and four other Republican representatives pre-filed a bill for the upcoming legislative session that would criminalize the implementation of President Barack Obama's 2010 Affordable Care Act. Under the bill, any state official caught enforcing the healthcare law would be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a one thousand dollar fine, two-year imprisonment, or both. Federal employees caught enforcing the law would be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, subject to a five thousand dollar fine, five-year imprisonment, or both.

Elections

2012

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2012

Chumley defeated Kevin Owens in the Republican primary on June 12 and ran unopposed in the general election on November 6, 2012.

South Carolina House of Representatives, District 35, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Bill Chumley Incumbent	98.8%	13,514
	Other	Write-Ins	1.2%	164
Total Votes				13,678

South Carolina House of Representatives District 35 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Bill Chumley Incumbent	66%	1,479
Kevin Owens	34%	763
Total Votes		2,242

2010

Chumley won election to the South Carolina House of Representatives, defeating Tom Davies (D) in the general election on November 2.

Chumley defeated incumbent Keith Kelly in the Republican primary on June 8 by a margin of 3,524-2,110. Kelly was seeking his third term.

South Carolina House of Representatives, District 35 (2010)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Bill Chumley (R)		8,145	71.32%
Tom Davies (D, WF)		2,943	28.55%
Write-In		14	0.12%

Policy positions

Chumley lists his key issues by two categories -- fiscal policy and domestic policy. The following categories are included in each:

Fiscal policy

• Economic development
• Restructuring
• Taxes and spending
• Transparency

Domestic policy

• Agriculture
• Education
• Immigration
• Judicial Reform
• Law Enforcement
• Marriage and family
• Pro-life
• Second amendment

Campaign contact information

• Campaign HQ: P.O. Box 22, Reidville, SC, 29375

• E-mail: ChumleyforSC35@gmail.com

• Phone: (864) 476-8677

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2010

Chumley raised $45,057 in the 2010 election cycle.

His major contributors are listed below.

Donor	Amount
Bill Chumley	$17,157
South Carolina Republican Caucus	$5,000
Nine individual donations each of:	$1,000

Campaign spending

Chumley's campaign had a problem with discrepancies in reporting between the pre-and post-primary election reports. The last report filed before the primary in June 2010 showed $2,000 in expenditures. However, the July 10, 2010 report showed $12,000 in spending.

This led at least one pundit to question the Chumley the reason a candidate in a contested primary spent so little going into the primary and so much in the aftermath.

Leading up to the primary, Chumley showed total donations on approximately $5,550 and a $740 loan to the campaign, contrasted to some $24,000 his opponent had raised. The discrepancy in cash on hand was nearly 4-to-1, with Kelly sitting on $22,200 and Chumley reporting only $6,000.

Personal

Chumley and his wife, Faye have two grown sons and three grandchildren.

External links

Suggest a link

• South Carolina House of Representative - Rep. Bill Chumley
• Project Vote Smart biography
• Project Vote Smart legislative profile
• Campaign contributions: 2010

References

Political offices
Preceded by Keith Kelly (R)	South Carolina House of Representatives District 35 2010–present	Succeeded by NA