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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Christopher D. "Chris" Caughman
| office=Mississippi State Senator<br> for District 35 (Copiah, Rankin, and Simpson counties)
| term_start=January 2016
| term_end=
| preceded=Perry E. Lee
| succeeded=
| birth_date=October 14, 1967
| birth_place=
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Melissa Hilton Caughman
|children=Cade, Abby, and Bryce Caughman
| alma_mater=Simpson Academy<br>
Copiah-Lincoln Community College<br>
Belhaven University<br>
[[University of Mississippi]] School of Banking
| occupation=[[Banker]]
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
| residence=Mendenhall<br>Simpson County<br>[[Mississippi]]
}}
'''Christopher D. Caughman''', known as '''Chris Caughman''' (born October 14, 1967), is a [[banker]] from Mendenhall, [[Mississippi]], who has since 2016 represented District 35 in the Mississippi State Senate. The district embraces Copiah, Rankin, and Simpson counties in the [[suburb]]an area of the capital city of [[Jackson]].<ref name=billstatus>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/caughman.xml|title=Chris Caughman|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 17, 2017}}</ref>
Caughman was educated at the private Simpson Academy in Mendenhall, the Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Wesson, Mississippi, and Belhaven University, a private [[Christian]] liberal arts institution in Jackson from which he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history in 1989. He is also a graduate of the [[University of Mississippi]] School of Banking at Oxford. A former teacher and basketball coach,<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/156323/chris-caughman#|title=Chris Caughman's Biography|accessdate=October 17, 2017}}</ref> he is the senior vice president of People's Bank in Mendenhall. He is a [[Baptist]]. He and his wife, the former Melissa Hilton, have three children.<ref name=billstatus/>
In the 2015 Republican [[primary]] election in Senate District 35, Caughman defeated two intra-party rivals, Cliff Brown and Lisa Stanley. He polled 6,138 (56.8 percent) to Brown's 3,155 (29.2 percent) and Stanley's 1,509 (14 percent). He was then unopposed in the November 3 [[general election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Chris_Caughman|title=Chris Caughman|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 17, 2017}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=General election returns|date=November 3, 2015|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 17, 2017}}</ref> The position opened when Republican Senator Perry E. Lee did not seek reelection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/links/elections/results/statewide/MS%20Senate%20MULTI%20COUNTY%20-%20General%20Election%202011%20Results.pdf|title=General election returns|date=November 8, 2011|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 17, 2017}}</ref>
Caughman is vice chairman of the Senate Education Committee and sits on these committees as well: (1) Agriculture,(2) Business and Financial Institutions, (3) Finance, (4) Investigate State Offices, (5) Medicaid, (6) Public Health and Welfare, (7) Universities and Colleges, and (8) Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks.<ref name=pvs/>
In 2016, Senator Caughman voted to prohibit state funds to the large abortion provider, [[Planned Parenthood]]. He supported the bill to guarantee within Mississippi protections for religious beliefs and matters of moral conscience. In 2017, co-sponsored the prohibition against local governments pursuing [[sanctuary city]] policies. He supported the legislation which authorizes additional methods of execution in Mississippi and co-sponsored the measure to declare as a [[hate crime]] the targeting of law-enforcement officers by the lawless element. He voted to retain a private contractor to audit [[Medicaid]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/156323/chris-caughman#.WeZhqLpFzb0|title=Chris Caughman's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 17, 2017}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Mississippi]]
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[[Category:Politicians]]
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[[Category:Pro-life]]
| name=Christopher D. "Chris" Caughman
| office=Mississippi State Senator<br> for District 35 (Copiah, Rankin, and Simpson counties)
| term_start=January 2016
| term_end=
| preceded=Perry E. Lee
| succeeded=
| birth_date=October 14, 1967
| birth_place=
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Melissa Hilton Caughman
|children=Cade, Abby, and Bryce Caughman
| alma_mater=Simpson Academy<br>
Copiah-Lincoln Community College<br>
Belhaven University<br>
[[University of Mississippi]] School of Banking
| occupation=[[Banker]]
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
| residence=Mendenhall<br>Simpson County<br>[[Mississippi]]
}}
'''Christopher D. Caughman''', known as '''Chris Caughman''' (born October 14, 1967), is a [[banker]] from Mendenhall, [[Mississippi]], who has since 2016 represented District 35 in the Mississippi State Senate. The district embraces Copiah, Rankin, and Simpson counties in the [[suburb]]an area of the capital city of [[Jackson]].<ref name=billstatus>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/caughman.xml|title=Chris Caughman|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 17, 2017}}</ref>
Caughman was educated at the private Simpson Academy in Mendenhall, the Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Wesson, Mississippi, and Belhaven University, a private [[Christian]] liberal arts institution in Jackson from which he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history in 1989. He is also a graduate of the [[University of Mississippi]] School of Banking at Oxford. A former teacher and basketball coach,<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/156323/chris-caughman#|title=Chris Caughman's Biography|accessdate=October 17, 2017}}</ref> he is the senior vice president of People's Bank in Mendenhall. He is a [[Baptist]]. He and his wife, the former Melissa Hilton, have three children.<ref name=billstatus/>
In the 2015 Republican [[primary]] election in Senate District 35, Caughman defeated two intra-party rivals, Cliff Brown and Lisa Stanley. He polled 6,138 (56.8 percent) to Brown's 3,155 (29.2 percent) and Stanley's 1,509 (14 percent). He was then unopposed in the November 3 [[general election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Chris_Caughman|title=Chris Caughman|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 17, 2017}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=General election returns|date=November 3, 2015|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 17, 2017}}</ref> The position opened when Republican Senator Perry E. Lee did not seek reelection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/links/elections/results/statewide/MS%20Senate%20MULTI%20COUNTY%20-%20General%20Election%202011%20Results.pdf|title=General election returns|date=November 8, 2011|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 17, 2017}}</ref>
Caughman is vice chairman of the Senate Education Committee and sits on these committees as well: (1) Agriculture,(2) Business and Financial Institutions, (3) Finance, (4) Investigate State Offices, (5) Medicaid, (6) Public Health and Welfare, (7) Universities and Colleges, and (8) Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks.<ref name=pvs/>
In 2016, Senator Caughman voted to prohibit state funds to the large abortion provider, [[Planned Parenthood]]. He supported the bill to guarantee within Mississippi protections for religious beliefs and matters of moral conscience. In 2017, co-sponsored the prohibition against local governments pursuing [[sanctuary city]] policies. He supported the legislation which authorizes additional methods of execution in Mississippi and co-sponsored the measure to declare as a [[hate crime]] the targeting of law-enforcement officers by the lawless element. He voted to retain a private contractor to audit [[Medicaid]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/156323/chris-caughman#.WeZhqLpFzb0|title=Chris Caughman's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 17, 2017}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Caughman, Chris}}
[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Educators]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
[[Category:Pro-life]]