Chip Perfect


Clyde A. "Chip" Perfect Jr. is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate. He represents 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 is 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 special interest concerns, as this would likely benefit his business.
Perfect lives in Lawrenceburg and is an alumnus of Purdue University. He owns the Perfect North Slopes ski area and is a former president of the Midwest Ski Areas Association.

Elections

Perfect was elected to his seat in 2014, winning 71.7% of the vote against Democrat Rudy Howard.