Ian Freeman

This page was current at the end of the individual's last campaign covered by Ballotpedia. Please contact us with any updates.

Ian Freeman

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

September 13, 2022

Personal

Profession

Radio Talk Show Host

Contact

Campaign website

Campaign Twitter

Ian Freeman (Republican Party) ran for election to the New Hampshire State Senate to represent District 10. He lost in the Republican primary on September 13, 2022.

Freeman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate 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.

Elections

2022

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 10

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

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

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,180
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 10

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

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

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,783
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 10

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

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

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,579
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

2020

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

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

Incumbent Joe Schapiro and Amanda Toll defeated Matt Roach and Jerry Sickels in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 16 on November 3, 2020.

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

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,304
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

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

Incumbent Joe Schapiro and Amanda Toll defeated incumbent William Pearson and Ryan Meehan in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 16 on September 8, 2020.

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

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,936
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Republican primary election

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

Matt Roach and Jerry Sickels defeated Varrin Swearingen and Ian Freeman in the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Cheshire 16 on September 8, 2020.

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

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,433
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

2018

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for New Hampshire State Senate District 10

Incumbent Jay Kahn defeated Dan LeClair and Ian Freeman in the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 10 on November 6, 2018.

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

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,081
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire State Senate District 10

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

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jay Kahn	100.0	5,880

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,880
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

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
✔		Dan LeClair	100.0	2,141

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,141
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

2016

See also: New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2016

Freeman filed to run as a Democratic candidate for governor of New Hampshire in 2016. He competed with former Portsmouth mayor Steve Marchand, former Deputy Secretary of State Mark Connolly, author Derek Dextraze, and Executive Councilor Colin Van Ostern in the September 13 Democratic primary election.

Colin Van Ostern defeated Steve Marchand, Mark Connolly , Ian Freeman and Derek Dextraze in the New Hampshire Democratic primary for governor.

New Hampshire Democratic primary for governor, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Colin Van Ostern	51.99%	37,694
Steve Marchand	25.29%	18,338
Mark Connolly	20.47%	14,839
Ian Freeman	1.47%	1,069
Derek Dextraze	0.77%	557
Total Votes (300 of 300 precincts reporting)		72,497
Source: AP

2014

See also: New Hampshire Gubernatorial election, 2014

Freeman was running for election to the office of Governor of New Hampshire. Freeman lost the Democratic 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.

Results

Primary

Governor of New Hampshire, Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Maggie Hassan Incumbent	94.2%	39,185
Ian Freeman	4.1%	1,719
Clecia Terrio	1.7%	704
Total Votes		41,608
Election results via New 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	”
—New Hampshire Liberty Party's website, (2014)

Endorsements

Freeman received the endorsement of State Rep. Steve Vaillancourt (R) ahead of the September 9 primary.

2012

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2012

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

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Cheshire 16, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Charles Weed Incumbent	51.9%	7,625
	Democratic	Delmar Burridge	38%	5,592
	Libertarian	Ian Freeman	10.1%	1,488
Total Votes				14,705

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Ian Freeman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Freeman's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

Expand all | Collapse all

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

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.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• End prohibitions on drugs and other victimless "crimes"
• Make taxes voluntary.
• Peacefully secede from the United States.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

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.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

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.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

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.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

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.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Principled adherence to the non-aggression principle and peace.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

To vote pro-liberty, every issue, every time.

What legacy would you like to leave?

A freer world than I found it.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

Probably the Challenger explosion in 1986. I was six and they had it on at the government elementary school I attended.

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.

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.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between the governor and state legislature?

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.

What do you perceive to be your state's greatest challenges over the next decade?

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.

What are the benefits and drawbacks of a unicameral state legislature, in your opinion?

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!

Do you believe that it’s beneficial for state legislators to have previous experience in government or politics?

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.

Do you believe it’s beneficial to build relationships with other legislators? Please explain your answer.

Success in life, and presumably legislatures, is always about who you know. Of course you have to get to know people.

What process do you favor for redistricting?

The least political process, whatever that is.

If you are not a current legislator, are there certain committees that you would want to be a part of?

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.

Is there a particular legislator, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?

State reps: Mark Warden, Mike Sylvia, John Burt.

Should the legislature oversee or grant the use of emergency powers?

It should repeal all emergency powers. If there is an emergency, they can call a special gathering and move ahead that way.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

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.

Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.

2020

Ian Freeman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys

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

What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

“

-End prohibitions on drugs and other victimless "crimes" -Voluntarize Taxes -Secede from the United States

”

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.

”

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

”

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.

”

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.

”

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.

”

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.

”

Campaign finance summary

---

Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.

---

Ian Freeman campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2022	New Hampshire State Senate District 10	Lost primary	$0	$0
2018	New Hampshire State Senate District 10	Lost 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.

See also

2022 Elections

What's on the ballot? U.S. Congress U.S. Congress special elections State executives State legislatures State courts Ballot measures Municipal government School boards Election analysis hub

Government

Who represents me? U.S. Congress State executives State legislators State courts Ballot measures Municipal government School boards

Newsletters

The Heart of the Primaries The Daily Brew The Weekly Brew The Ballot Bulletin Checks and Balances Economy and Society Hall Pass Number of the Day Robe & Gavel Union Station

External links

Search Google News for this topic

Candidate

New Hampshire State Senate District 10

Website

Twitter

Footnotes

[show]

Current members of the New Hampshire State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Sharon Carson

Majority Leader:Regina Birdsell

Senators

District 1

David Rochefort (R)

District 2

Timothy Lang (R)

District 3

Mark McConkey (R)

District 4

David Watters (D)

District 5

Suzanne Prentiss (D)

District 6

James Gray (R)

District 7

Dan Innis (R)

District 8

Ruth Ward (R)

District 9

Denise Ricciardi (R)

District 10

Donovan Fenton (D)

District 11

Tim McGough (R)

District 12

Kevin Avard (R)

District 13

Lucinda Rosenwald (D)

District 14

Sharon Carson (R)

District 15

Tara Reardon (D)

District 16

Keith Murphy (R)

District 17

Howard Pearl (R)

District 18

Victoria Sullivan (R)

District 19

Regina Birdsell (R)

District 20

Patrick Long (D)

District 21

Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (D)

District 22

Daryl Abbas (R)

District 23

William Gannon (R)

District 24

Debra Altschiller (D)

Republican Party (16)

Democratic Party (8)