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Tim Freeman
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<h2 id="early-life-and-career">Early life and career</h2> <p>Freeman was born in <a href="/facts/Santa_Monica%2c_California/A0Cyj3vy">Santa Monica, California</a> and was raised in <a href="/facts/Oakland%2c_Oregon/ATAR0ltb">Oakland, Oregon</a>. He graduated from <a href="/facts/Oakland_High_School_(Oregon)/UEW4DKFX">Oakland High School</a> in 1983 and attended the <a href="/facts/Oregon_Institute_of_Technology/zmdLUXvu">Oregon Institute of Technology</a>, where he studied computer systems engineering technology.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> He worked as a field mechanic for a <a href="/facts/Logging/YnjEaap7">logging</a> company and in 1991, he became the owner of the Garden Valley Shell <a href="/facts/Filling_station/8tKyIht7">service station</a> in <a href="/facts/Roseburg%2c_Oregon/w9pk5BYz">Roseburg</a>. In 2007, Freeman graduated from the Douglas County Citizen Law Enforcement Academy.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="political-career">Political career</h2> <p>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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> In 2008, he ran for the seat in the <a href="/facts/Oregon_House_of_Representatives/hHmerEJ3">Oregon House of Representatives</a> vacated by <a href="/facts/Susan_Morgan_(politician)/p4MFdyla">Susan Morgan</a>, who did not seek re-election. Freeman defeated <a href="/facts/Roseburg%2c_Oregon/w9pk5BYz">Roseburg</a> businessman Jim Fox in the Republican primary, and then defeated Democrat Harry McDermott in the general election.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="personal">Personal</h2> <p>Freeman and his wife Angelia live in Roseburg and have two children.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=103156">Project VoteSmart biography</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.timfreeman2008.com/">Campaign website</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/TimFreeman08">YouTube channel</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Voter Guide: Tim J. Freeman". OregonLive.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-13. Retrieved 2008-11-20. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080613182048/http://thevoterguide.oregonlive.com/race-detail.do" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20080613182048/http://thevoterguide.oregonlive.com/race-detail.do</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Voter Guide: Tim J. Freeman". OregonLive.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-13. Retrieved 2008-11-20. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080613182048/http://thevoterguide.oregonlive.com/race-detail.do" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20080613182048/http://thevoterguide.oregonlive.com/race-detail.do</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Tim Freeman:Bio". TimFreeman2008.com. Archived from the original on 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2008-11-20. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081119034155/http://www.timfreeman2008.com/tim.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20081119034155/http://www.timfreeman2008.com/tim.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Voter Guide: Tim J. Freeman". OregonLive.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-13. Retrieved 2008-11-20. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080613182048/http://thevoterguide.oregonlive.com/race-detail.do" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20080613182048/http://thevoterguide.oregonlive.com/race-detail.do</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Freeman, Hanna, Krieger, Kruse win statehouse races". The News-Review. 2008-11-04. Archived from the original on 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2008-11-20. <a href="http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20081104/NEWS/811049812/1055%26title%3DFreeman%2C%20Hanna%2C%20Krieger%2C%20Kruse%20win%20statehouse%20races" target="_blank">http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20081104/NEWS/811049812/1055%26title%3DFreeman%2C%20Hanna%2C%20Krieger%2C%20Kruse%20win%20statehouse%20races</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Tim Freeman:Bio". TimFreeman2008.com. Archived from the original on 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2008-11-20. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081119034155/http://www.timfreeman2008.com/tim.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20081119034155/http://www.timfreeman2008.com/tim.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>