Tim J. Freeman (born January 1965) is a small business owner and
Republican politician from the
U.S. state
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of
Oregon
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. In
2008
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, he was elected to the
Oregon House of Representatives
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representing District 2, which encompasses portions of
Douglas,
Jackson, and
Josephine counties, including the cities of
Canyonville,
Glendale,
Myrtle Creek,
Riddle
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, and
Roseburg.
Early life and career
Freeman was born in
Santa Monica, California
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and was raised in
Oakland, Oregon
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History
Oakland was the first city to be placed on the state's historic register, in May 1968. The city's two-bloc ...
. He graduated from
Oakland High School in 1983 and attended the
Oregon Institute of Technology, where he studied computer systems engineering technology.
He worked as a field mechanic for a
logging company and in 1991, he became the owner of the Garden Valley Shell
service station in
Roseburg. In 2007, Freeman graduated from the Douglas County Citizen Law Enforcement Academy.
Political career
Freeman has served on the Roseburg City Council since 2003, and served as council president for three years. From 2006 to 2007, he was the chair of the General Government Committee for the League of Oregon Cities
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.[ In 2008, he ran for the seat in the ]Oregon House of Representatives
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vacated by Susan Morgan, who did not seek re-election. Freeman defeated Roseburg businessman Jim Fox in the Republican primary, and then defeated Democrat Harry McDermott in the general election.
Personal
Freeman and his wife Angelia live in Roseburg and have two children.[
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