Jeff Chapman

Jeff Chapman is an American politician and former businessman. A Republican, Chapman was elected to the Georgia State Senate in 2004 and reelected in 2006 and 2008. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for governor of Georgia in the 2010 race. In 2012, he was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives, where he represented the 167th district. He was not re-elected in 2014.

Early life Chapman graduated from Glynn Academy in 1977.

Career Chapman, a businessman from Brunswick, Georgia, was a waste management executive. He had a low profile in the Senate, having not held a Senate leadership position or major committee chairmanship.

Chapman unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination in the 2010 Georgia gubernatorial election. During his campaign, he advocated the repeal of the state income tax and its replacement with a state sales tax.

Chapman returned to the Georgia General Assembly by winning a seat in the Georgia House of Representatives in 2012, running unopposed for House District 167. In 2014, Chapman unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for Georgia's 1st congressional district, coming in fourth place in the primary election with 13.2% of the vote.