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Ben Chafin

Augustus Benton "Ben" Chafin Jr. (18 May 1960-1 January 2021) was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates (R-4) from 8 January to 18 September 2014 (succeeding Joseph P. Johnson and preceding Todd Pillion) and of the State Senate (R-38) from 18 September 2014 to 1 January 2021 (succeeding Phillip Puckett and preceding Travis Hackworth).

Biography[]

Augustus Benton Chafin Jr. was born in Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia in 1960, and he founded his own law firm in 1986. He entered politics as a Republican and was elected to the House of Delegates in 2013 and then to the State Senate in a 2014 special election, representing Dickinson County and parts of Russell, Wise, and Washington Counties; he lived in Lebanon, Russell County. He died of COVID-19 in 2021 at the age of 60.

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