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American politician Not to be confused with Chrystia Freeland.
Chris Freeland
Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
from the 6th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 1, 2019
Preceded byWill Coursey
Personal details
Born (1969-01-07) January 7, 1969 (age 56)
Benton, Kentucky
Political partyRepublican
Residence(s)Benton, Kentucky
EducationMurray State University (BA, MA)
CommitteesBudget Review Subcommittee on General Government (Chair)
Agriculture
Appropriations and Revenue
Local Government
Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection

Chris Freeland (born January 7, 1969) is an American politician serving as a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives since January 2019. He represents Kentucky's 6th House district, which includes Lyon, Marshall, and McCracken counties.

Early life and education

Freeland was born in Benton, Kentucky on January 7, 1969. He graduated from Marshall County High School and went on to attend Murray State University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in advertising and history as well as a Master of Arts in communications.

Career

Business

Freeland is the general manager of Freeland Broadcasting, a small family owned and operated media group that includes WCBL in Benton, WCCK in Calvert City, two stations in Tennessee and the online newspaper, MarshallCountyDaily.com. He also hosts an interview program, “Coffee Call,” which airs weekday mornings on WCBL.

Freeland is a member of Lions Club International, the Kentucky Broadcasters Association, the National Rifle Association of America, and the Marshall County Chamber of Commerce.

Elections

In 2018, Kentucky's 6th House district incumbent, Willy Coursey, did not seek reelection and instead chose to run for Judge Executive of Marshall County. Freeland won the 2018 Republican primary and went on to win the 2018 Kentucky House of Representatives election against Democratic candidate Linda Edwards. Freeland defeated Edwards by 29 points, and assumed office on January 1, 2019.

In 2020, Freeland was unopposed in the 2020 Republican primary and won the 2020 Kentucky House of Representatives election against Democratic candidate Al Cunningham. He ran for re-election in 2020 against Al Cunningham. Freeland defeated Cunningham by 43.8 points.

In 2022, he ran for re-election unopposed in both the 2022 Republican primary and 2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election, winning the latter with 14,928 votes.

In 2024, Freeland was unopposed in the 2024 Republican primary and won the 2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election with 16,558 votes (76.9%) against Democratic candidate Linda Edwards.

2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election - Kentucky's 6th House District
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chris Freeland 16,558 76.9%
Democratic Linda Edwards 4,978 23.1%
2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election - Kentucky's 6th House District
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chris Freeland 14,928 100.0%
2020 Kentucky House of Representatives election - Kentucky's 6th House District
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chris Freeland 16,562 71.9%
Democratic Al Cunningham 6,487 28.1%
2018 Kentucky House of Representatives election - Kentucky's 6th House District
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chris Freeland 12,236 64.5%
Democratic Linda Edwards 6,727 35.5%
2018 Republican Primary election - Kentucky's 6th House District
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chris Freeland 1,490 63.3%
Republican Randall Fox 863 36.7%

References

  1. ^ "Legislator-Profile - Legislative Research Commission". legislature.ky.gov. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  2. "Legislator Information". services.statescape.com. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  3. ^ "Chris Freeland". Ballotpedia. Archived from the original on 2023-05-30. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  4. "Joining WCBL's Chris Freeland recently on Coffee Call was Marshall County Extension Office agent for family and consumer science Vicki Wynn | Marshall County Daily.com". www.marshallcountydaily.com. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  5. "Kentucky Primary Election: Marshall County Results". West Kentucky Star. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  6. ^ "Kentucky State House - District 6 Election Results | USA TODAY". www.usatoday.com. Archived from the original on 2023-05-30. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  7. ^ "Kentucky State House - District 6 Election Results | Journal Sentinel". www.jsonline.com. Archived from the original on 2023-05-30. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  8. "Chris Freeland". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives
Speaker
David Osborne (R)
Speaker pro tempore
David Meade (R)
Majority Leader
Steven Rudy (R)
Minority Leader
Pamela Stevenson (D)
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  97. ▌Bobby McCool (R)
  98. ▌Aaron Thompson (R)
  99. ▌Richard White (R)
  100. ▌Scott Sharp (R)


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