"Chip" Huggins (born November 30, 1961 in

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) is a

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member of the

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. He has represented his

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district (the 85th) since being elected in 1999 to succeed

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. Huggins graduated from

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in 1987, where he was a member of

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. He married Ginger E. Gilstrap in 1988 and have two children. Huggins defeated Richard Eckstrom to win his first election in 1999. He generally runs unopposed, and in 2008 when opposed by

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Jim Nelson won 13,122 votes (69.43% of the total) to Nelson's 5,769 (30.52%). Huggins was opposed by Democrat Sam Edwards in the 2018 midterm election. Edwards received 6,273 votes (33.93%) to Huggins's 12,206 (66.01%).Election night reporting
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Project VoteSmart: Representative Chip Huggins (SC)
Republican Party members of the South Carolina House of Representatives Living people 1961 births 21st-century American politicians {{SouthCarolina-stub