Don Chapman is an American architect, builder, and politician who is currently serving as a member of the

South Carolina House of Representatives The South Carolina House of Representatives is the lower house of the South Carolina General Assembly. It consists of 124 representatives elected to two-year terms at the same time as U.S. congressional elections. Unlike many legislatures, seati ...

from the 6th district. Mitchell is a

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Early life and career

Chapman was born in Japan. He attended

Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) is a private nonprofit art school with locations in Savannah, Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia; and Lacoste, France. Founded in 1978 to provide degrees in programs not yet offered in the southeast of the Uni ...

where he received a Bachelor's degree in interior design and a master's degree in architecture. In 1994, he founded his own architecture firm in

Anderson, South Carolina Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Anderson County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 28,106 at the 2020 census, and the city was the center of an urbanized area of 75,702. It is one of the principal cities in the Green ...

. Chapman serves on the House Rules and the Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committees.

Political career

In 2008, Chapman was elected to the city council of

. He held the position for 14 years. He resigned in 2021 to run for state representative for South Carolina's 6th district. The incumbent at the time was Jonathon D. Hill, who was accused of multiple ethics violations. Hill withdrew from the primary race and Chapman won the nomination. In the 2022 general election, Chapman defeated the Democratic candidate with over 70% of the vote.

References

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