Chip Perfect

Clyde A. "Chip" Perfect Jr. is a former Republican member of the Indiana Senate. He represented District 43, which includes all of the counties of Ohio and Jennings along with parts of the counties of Bartholomew, Dearborn, Decatur, Jackson, and Ripley. He was elected to the Senate in 2014, succeeding Johnny Nugent. He was a member of the Senate's committees on agriculture, local government, natural resources, and pensions and labor. Perfect introduced a bill in 2019 to remove restrictions on child labor, raising conflict-of-interest concerns, as this would likely benefit his business.

Education and business career Perfect received bachelor's degree from Purdue University in agricultural education.

Perfect is president and CEO of Perfect North Slopes, close to Lawrenceburg.

State Senate tenure Perfect was elected to his seat in 2014, winning 71.7% of the vote against Democrat Rudy Howard. He ran unopposed in the primary and general elections in 2018.

Perfect was chairman of the Senate Commerce Chairman. He introduced a bill in 2019 to repeal restrictions on child labor; the legislation would likely benefit his business, which employs hundreds of minors each winter. while the Indiana School Boards Association opposed the bill.

Personal life Perfect lives in Lawrenceburg.