User:Gesanes/Bob Freeman (politician)

= Bob Freeman = Bob Freeman is a Democratic freshman member of the 111th General Assembly representing the 56th District, a part of Davidson County.

Personal History
Bob Freeman was born on July 3, 1975 as the oldest of three children to Bill Freeman. His father, who in 2015 ran unsuccessfully for Nashville mayor, is a real estate executive, Tennessee Democratic donor, and CEO and co-founder of Freeman Webb Co. Freeman earned his B.S. from Middle Tennessee State University and graduated from Lipscomb University with an M.S. before pursuing a career in real estate. He served as vice president for real estate investment and development with the Forestar Group, Inc. before he co-founded the energy consulting and sustainable construction firm Freeman Applegate Partners in 2013. Freeman is married, has three children, and is a Presbyterian.

Campaign for the Tennessee 56th District House of Representatives
Freeman reported his decision to run for the house seat for the 56th District after the incumbent Republican Beth Harwell announced that she would seek the GOP nomination for the 2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election. He began his campaign as only Democratic candidate for the seat in November, 2017 and competed for the affluent Nashville district with the dermatologist Dr. Brent Moody, who won the Republican primaries against the lawyer Joseph Williams. During his campaign, Freeman cited education, traffic congestion, infrastructure, and the opioid crises as primary concerns, and stressed the necessity of bipartisanship. Freeman won the race with 51.4 percent of the vote; his seat became one of two that Democrats flipped in the 2018 elections.

Political Activity as Member of the 111th General Assembly
As a member of the 111th General Assembly, Freeman has sponsored or co-sponsored fourteen bills, and serves on the following committees:


 * Committee of Consumer and Human Resources;
 * the Employee Affairs Subcommittee;
 * the Health Committee;
 * the Facilities, Licensure, and Regulations Subcommittee;
 * the Elect Ethics Committee;
 * and the Workplace Discrimination and Harassment Subcommittee.

In addition to his political functions, Freeman is also involved in the following community organizations:


 * TN Environmental Council, a private environmental conservation advocacy and umbrella organization, board member;
 * Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, board member;
 * U.S. Green Building Council's Market Leadership Advisory Boards, a private, non-profit sustainable construction activist organization, board member;
 * Nashville Homeless Commission, member;
 * Tennessee Wildlife Federation, a non-profit wildlife conservation that also monitors and recommends conservation policies, former board member.