Chuck Clay

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}

{{infobox officeholder

|name=Chuck Clay

|state_house=Georgia

|district=37th

|term_start=2003

|term_end=2005

|term_start2=1989

|term_end2=1999

|office3=Chair of the Georgia Republican Party

|term_start3=1999

|term_end3=2001

|birth_name=Charles Commander Clay

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1950|12|23}}

|nationality=American

|party=Republican

|relatives=Lucius D. Clay (grandfather)

|education=University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BA)
University of Georgia School of Law (JD)

|profession=Politician

}}

Charles Commander (Chuck) Clay (born December 23, 1950) is an American Republican politician from the state of Georgia.{{cite web |url=http://www.legis.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/gl_peo_detail.pl?Leg=gass37 |title=Legislator List Page |website=www.legis.state.ga.us |access-date=24 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041011034711/http://www.legis.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/gl_peo_detail.pl?Leg=gass37 |archive-date=11 October 2004 |url-status=dead}} He was a member of the Georgia State Senate from the 37th district from 1989 to 1999 and again from 2003 to 2005.{{cite web | url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/7792/charles-clay | title=The Voter's Self Defense System }} He served as Chair of the Georgia Republican Party from 1999 to 2001.{{cite web |url=http://www.gagop.org/html/chuckbio.shtml |title=The Georgia Republican Party! - National Committeemen |website=www.gagop.org |access-date=24 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010422095709/http://www.gagop.org/html/chuckbio.shtml |archive-date=22 April 2001 |url-status=dead}} He ran for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia in 1998, but came third in the primary.{{cite web | url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40579 | title=Our Campaigns - GA Lt. Governor - R Primary Race - Jul 21, 1998 }} He ran for Georgia's 6th congressional district in 2004,{{cite news |last1=Whitt |first1=Richard |title=Clay banks on family, record in House race |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111828734/2004-elections-chuck-clay-profile/ |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=24 Jun 2004 |page=JG4 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=October 22, 2014}} but came third in the primary.{{cite web | url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=4653 | title=Our Campaigns - GA District 06 - R Primary Race - Jul 20, 2004 }} He earned his BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Georgia School of Law. As of 2017, Hall Booth Smith, P.C. hired Clay as of counsel.{{cite web | url=https://hallboothsmith.com/former-georgia-state-senator-chuck-clay-joins-hbss-atlanta-office-as-of-counsel/ | title=Former Georgia State Senator Chuck Clay Joins HBS's Atlanta Office as of Counsel | date=18 October 2017 }}

Clay is the grandson of General Lucius D. Clay.{{cite news |last1=Woolsey |first1=Mark |title=Grandson recalls Berlin airlift organizer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111829122/chuck-clay-and-lucius-clay/ |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=12 July 2001 |page=JG3 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=October 22, 2014}}