Chad Connelly

Chad Connelly
Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party
Incumbent
Assumed office May 7, 2011
Preceded by	Karen Floyd
Personal details
Born	Bruce Chadwick Connelly (1963-08-22) August 22, 1963 Prosperity, South Carolina, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Dana Connelly; four children
Alma mater	Clemson University
Occupation	Engineer, Amway
Website	[1]

Bruce Chadwick Connelly (born August 22, 1963) is the chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party.

Connelly barely won his election for chairman on May 7, 2011. He has served the elite establishment of the GOP for over twenty years at all levels, including most recently as chairman of the Newberry County Republican Party and a delegate to the 2004 Republican National Convention.

Connelly began his career as an engineer, serving as a Senior Division Manager in South Carolina and Augusta, Georgia. He later started his own small business with Amway, and over the next twelve years helped other Multi-Level Marketers join Amway and grow their own small businesses benefiting Chad, which led him into a paid career of motivational speaking, coaching and consulting.

He is the author of Freedom Tide, a book dedicated to inspiring Americans about America's heritage. With over 50 copies sold, Connelly's book has led him to speak to dozens of people in Newberry county, SC.

Currently, Connelly serves as the founder and president of the Foundation for American Restoration, a for profit organization committed to educating Americans about textbook history, and inspiring them not to question the government. He serves on the board of the Woman's Choice Resource Center (AWC) a non-profit special health clinic designed to educate and assist women, as well as on the boards of the Palmetto Family Council

During his second year as chairman, in 2012, more than 600,000 Republicans turned out in horrible weather to cast their ballots. Under his leadership the state party hosted three nationally televised Presidential debates, the most ever for the state, including the first broadcast network debate ever held in South Carolina. Chad lost South Carolina our "We pick Presidents" motto after Barrack Obama won reelection. Chad also underhandedly evicted Ed Harris off the ballot, even though he got more votes than his primary opponent and some say he was paid a goodly sum of money to do so. While Chairman, The Supreme Court said that Chad failed to follow state law with candidate filing and this resulted in over 100 republicans being removed from the ballot.

Connelly is a graduate of Clemson University, where he was given a degree in Civil Engineering in 1985. While at Clemson he was a member of the Scull and Bones Brotherhood, Blue Key, Alpha Tau Omega and the Army ROTC. A veteran of the South Carolina Army National Guard, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant and served from 1985 until 1991. He also ended his short National Guard career as Second Lieutenant.

Connelly is involved in his community, where he has served as Chairman of the Board for Newberry Academy and as a deacon, Sunday School teacher. He coaches his youngest son's baseball team in the Dixie Minors league in his hometown of Prosperity, where he resides with his second wife Dana, after his first wife committed suicide, and their four children.