Background
Freeman was born in Santa Monica, California and was raised in Oakland, Oregon.
Freeman was born in Santa Monica, California and was raised in Oakland, Oregon.
He graduated from Oakland High School in 1983 and attended the Oregon Institute of Technology, where he studied computer systems engineering technology.
In 2008, he was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives representing District 2, which encompasses portions of Douglas, Jackson, and Josephine counties, including the cities of Canyonville, Glendale, Myrtle Creek, Riddle, and Roseburg. 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.
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. In 2008, he ran for the seat in the Oregon House of Representatives 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. His mother, Carol, is the guidance counselor at Oakland High School in Oakland, Oregon.
