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Ian Freeman (Republican Party) ran for election to theNew Hampshire State Senate to representDistrict 10. He lost in the Republican primary onSeptember 13, 2022.

Freeman completed Ballotpedia'sCandidate Connection survey in 2022.Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Ian Freeman's career experience includes working as a radio talk show host on Free Talk Live. He has been a minister and co-founder of the Shire Free Church. He has been affiliated with the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire, the National Libertarian Party, the United Precious Metals Association, and the Monadnock Decentralized Currency Network.[1][2]

Elections

2022

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 10

Donovan Fenton defeatedSly Karasinski in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 10 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Donovan Fenton
Donovan Fenton (D) Candidate Connection
 
66.1
 
17,305
Image of Sly Karasinski
Sly Karasinski (R) Candidate Connection
 
33.8
 
8,860
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
15

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Total votes: 26,180
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 10

Donovan Fenton defeatedBobby Williams in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 10 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Donovan Fenton
Donovan Fenton Candidate Connection
 
66.7
 
4,525
Image of Bobby Williams
Bobby Williams Candidate Connection
 
33.2
 
2,250
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
8

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Total votes: 6,783
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 10

Sly Karasinski defeatedIan Freeman in the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 10 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Sly Karasinski
Sly Karasinski Candidate Connection
 
63.4
 
2,268
Image of Ian Freeman
Ian Freeman Candidate Connection
 
35.0
 
1,253
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.6
 
58

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Total votes: 3,579
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2020

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 16 (2 seats)

IncumbentJoe Schapiro andAmanda Toll defeatedMatt Roach andJerry Sickels in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 16 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Joe Schapiro
Joe Schapiro (D)
 
35.1
 
7,478
✔
Image of Amanda Toll
Amanda Toll (D)
 
34.9
 
7,425
Matt Roach (R)
 
16.2
 
3,451
Jerry Sickels (R)
 
13.8
 
2,950

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Total votes: 21,304
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 16 (2 seats)

IncumbentJoe Schapiro andAmanda Toll defeated incumbentWilliam Pearson andRyan Meehan in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 16 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Joe Schapiro
Joe Schapiro
 
37.5
 
1,853
✔
Image of Amanda Toll
Amanda Toll
 
32.2
 
1,588
William Pearson
 
21.8
 
1,077
Ryan Meehan
 
8.2
 
405
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
13

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Total votes: 4,936
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 16 (2 seats)

Matt Roach andJerry Sickels defeatedVarrin Swearingen andIan Freeman in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 16 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔Matt Roach
 
29.7
 
425
✔Jerry Sickels
 
28.8
 
413
Varrin Swearingen
 
20.9
 
299
Image of Ian Freeman
Ian Freeman
 
19.7
 
282
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.0
 
14

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Total votes: 1,433
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2018

See also:New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 10

IncumbentJay Kahn defeatedDan LeClair andIan Freeman in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 10 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jay Kahn
Jay Kahn (D)
 
65.1
 
15,036
Image of Dan LeClair
Dan LeClair (R) Candidate Connection
 
32.7
 
7,538
Image of Ian Freeman
Ian Freeman (L) Candidate Connection
 
2.2
 
507

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Total votes: 23,081
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 10

IncumbentJay Kahn advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 10 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jay Kahn
Jay Kahn
 
100.0
 
5,880

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Total votes: 5,880
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 10

Dan LeClair advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 10 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Dan LeClair
Dan LeClair Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
2,141

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Total votes: 2,141
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2016

See also:New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2016

Freeman filed to run as aDemocratic candidate for governor of New Hampshire in 2016. He competed with former Portsmouth mayorSteve Marchand, former Deputy Secretary of StateMark Connolly, authorDerek Dextraze, and Executive CouncilorColin Van Ostern in the September 13 Democratic primary election.

Colin Van Ostern defeatedSteve Marchand,Mark Connolly,Ian Freeman andDerek Dextraze in the New Hampshire Democratic primary for governor.

New Hampshire Democratic primary for governor, 2016
CandidateVote %Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngColin Van Ostern51.99%37,694
Steve Marchand25.29%18,338
Mark Connolly20.47%14,839
Ian Freeman1.47%1,069
Derek Dextraze0.77%557
Total Votes (300 of 300 precincts reporting)72,497
Source:AP

2014

See also:New Hampshire Gubernatorial election, 2014

Freeman was running forelection to the office ofGovernor of New Hampshire. Freeman lost theDemocratic nomination in the primary on September 9, 2014. Freeman is a co-chair of the New Hampshire Liberty Party as well as a registered Democrat.[1]

Results

Primary
Governor of New Hampshire, Democratic Primary, 2014
CandidateVote %Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngMaggie HassanIncumbent94.2%39,185
Ian Freeman4.1%1,719
Clecia Terrio1.7%704
Total Votes41,608
Election results viaNew Hampshire Secretary of State.

Issues

Freeman was running on the following issues in 2014, according to the New Hampshire Liberty Party's website:

“
  • Legalize/Decriminalize Cannabis and End Enforcement of Victimless Crimes
  • Secede from the United States
  • Make Ballot Access Equal for All

[3]

”
—New Hampshire Liberty Party's website, (2014)

[4]

Endorsements

Freeman received the endorsement ofState Rep. Steve Vaillancourt (R) ahead of the September 9 primary.[5]

2012

See also:New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2012

Freeman ran for election in the2012 election forNew Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 16. Freeman was defeated in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[6]

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Cheshire 16, General Election, 2012
PartyCandidateVote %Votes
    DemocraticGreen check mark transparent.pngCharles WeedIncumbent51.9%7,625
    DemocraticGreen check mark transparent.pngDelmar Burridge38%5,592
    Libertarian Ian Freeman10.1%1,488
Total Votes14,705

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Ian Freeman completedBallotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Freeman's responses.

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Hello, I’m Ian Freeman. I’m a nationally syndicated talk radio host and I’m running for NH Senate District 10 as a Republican, though I am actually a Libertarian, which means I think you should be free to live life how you want, so long as you don’t aggress against others.
  • End prohibitions on drugs and other victimless "crimes"
  • Make taxes voluntary.
  • Peacefully secede from the United States.
NH declaring peaceful independence from the United States. In a recent survey from SurveyUSA less than 40% of respondents in New Hampshire said that if NH were already an independent country that they would choose to join the United States. Most in NH realize the federal government is evil, no matter which party is in charge. It bombs innocent people around the planet and imprisons our own family members, neighbors, and co-workers for victimless "crimes". It taxes us endlessly and regulates our businesses into the dirt. There is no path to liberty on the national level, but we can have one here in New Hampshire, as long as we "break up", peacefully, by seceding from the United States. Please learn more about this at the Foundation for New Hampshire Independence at https://nhindpendence.org and NHexit at https://nhexit.us

From a wider philosophical perspective, we should end the idea of "the state" entirely. Like chattel slavery, it's time we left this terrible idea behind in the dustbin of history. "The state" aka "coercive government" is merely an idea that justifies strangers' use of aggressive force against peaceful people. It's inhumane and barbaric and it needs to end.
Peaceful civil disobedience peace activists like Gandhi and Russell Kanning. It's so important for people to say, "no", instead of just obeying government diktats. If people do not comply and remain peaceful and positive, it makes the state look bad when they crack down on the activists.
I recommend reading "Healing our World" by Dr. Mary Ruwart and/or "Why Government Doesn't Work" by Harry Browne and/or "The Market For Liberty" by Morris and Linda Tannehill.
An understanding of the non-aggression principle. The idea that it's wrong to use aggressive force against our neighbors to get them to do what we might want them to. It's okay to persuade, it's wrong to threaten. Government is force and while most people would never use force directly against their neighbors, they don't realize that's exactly what governments (states) do to our neighbors. That's why we need to abolish the state.
Principled adherence to the non-aggression principle and peace.
A freer world than I found it.
Probably the Challenger explosion in 1986. I was six and they had it on at the government elementary school I attended.
My first legal job was K-Mart for four years in the electronics department. However, I learned customer service long before that by working as a child at my mother's thrift store. The state should definitely also end the prohibition on young people being able to legally work. Working at a young age helped me mature faster.
Watching as peaceful people are harmed by the state agents, who are nothing more than a giant criminal gang, and feeling like there is little that can be done to stop the aggressive violence of government.
The state legislature needs to undo any special "emergency" powers granted to the governor. Otherwise, they need to ensure he does not exceed his constitutional powers.
Peacefully seceding from the United States and the sooner the better. The US government will continue to debase and inflate the US Dollar, destroying the savings of the people of New Hampshire. We need to get out before they take us down with them. We must persuade the good people of New Hampshire that it is time for NH to be an independent country again. We did it before, first, when we left the King. We can do it again, first, now, and leave the US. Other states like Texas and California and Hawaii will follow our lead.
Interesting question, I actually think the NH Senate is generally unnecessary and worse, a hinderance to liberty. They are not close enough to the people, and there are only 24 of them, so they have more power than the state reps, of which there are 400. For instance, they stood in the way of cannabis decrim for longer than the state reps. I think we'd be just fine if they were to be abolished, though that would take a constitutional amendment. I would support it!
It might help a little from a procedural standpoint, it's better to not have career politicians. Better to have more citizen legislators, and New Hampshire is pretty good about that, since the pay is only $100 a year.
Success in life, and presumably legislatures, is always about who you know. Of course you have to get to know people.
The least political process, whatever that is.
Criminal Justice. I have been arrested many times for victimless crimes like civil disobedience, and I know how the system works, and it's awful. We need to end victimless crimes so police can focus on real crimes with a victim, like murder, rape, arson, and property damage.
It should repeal all emergency powers. If there is an emergency, they can call a special gathering and move ahead that way.
Unfortunately compromise is necessary if liberty-loving people are not fully in control. Politics and politicians are a very ugly thing. However, if we can get a majority of principled, liberty people in office in New Hampshire, we can take major steps toward ending government tyranny.

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2020

Ian Freeman did not completeBallotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Ian Freeman participated inBallotpedia's candidate survey on October 3, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Ian Freeman's responses follow below.[7]

What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

“-End prohibitions on drugs and other victimless "crimes"

-Voluntarize Taxes
-Secede from the United States[8][3]

”

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?

“Ending the idea of "the state" entirely. It's time we left this terrible idea behind in the dustbin of history. "The state" is merely an idea that justifies strangers' use of aggressive force against peaceful people. It's inhumane and barbaric and it needs to end.Cite error: Invalid<ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[3]”

Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Ian Freeman answered the following:

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else that best describes your political philosophy?

“I recommend reading "Healing our World" by Dr. Mary Ruwart and/or "Why Government Doesn't Work" by Harry Browne[3]”
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?
“They're a bunch of sociopaths. You can't trust them. Abolish the system and replace it with consensual human action.[3]”
What was your very first job? How long did you have it?
“My first legal job was K-Mart for four years in the electronics department. However, I learned customer service long before that by working as a child at my mother's thrift store. The state should definitely also end the prohibition on young people being able to legally work. Working at a young age helped me mature faster.[3]”
What is something that has been a struggle in your life?
“Watching as peaceful people are harmed by the state agents, who are nothing more than a giant criminal gang, and feeling like there is little that can be done to stop the aggressive violence of government.[3]”
Both sitting legislators and candidates for office hear many personal stories from the residents of their district. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching, memorable, or impactful?
“I hear all the time (and have witnessed) police abusing people's rights. The stories are non-stop as the police are regularly harassing and arresting peaceful people for things like possessing a plant or chemical. Prohibition is ruining lives and making the tragedy of addiction even worse. Prohibition has never worked.[3]”

Campaign finance summary

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Ian Freeman campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022New Hampshire State Senate District 10Lost primary$0 $0
2018New Hampshire State Senate District 10Lost general$0 N/A**
Grand total$0 N/A**
Sources:OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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    • Footnotes

    1. ↑1.01.1New Hampshire Liberty Party, "Ian Freeman for NH Governor," accessed june 14, 2014
    2. ↑Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 31, 2022
    3. ↑3.03.13.23.33.43.53.63.7Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    4. ↑New Hampshire Liberty Party, "Ian Freeman for NH Governor 2014," accessed August 4, 2014
    5. ↑New Hampshire Liberty Party, "Steve Vaillancourt Endorses Freeman for Governor in Democratic Primary," June 19, 2014
    6. ↑New Hampshire Secretary of State, "Qualified Candidates for 2012 General Election," accessed October 26, 2012
    7. ↑Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
    8. ↑Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Ian Freeman's responses," October 3, 2018


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