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Keith Ammon is an American politician. He is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing the Hillsborough 40th District from 2014 to 2018 and re-elected in 2020.[2][3]
Keith Ammon | |
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![]() Ammon in 2016 | |
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Hillsborough 40th district | |
Assumed office December 2, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Kat McGhee |
In office December 3, 2014 – December 5, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Gary Daniels |
Succeeded by | Kat McGhee |
Personal details | |
Born | Philadelphia suburbs [1] |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Susan |
Residence | New Boston, New Hampshire |
Profession | Politician |
Ammon served on the New Boston School Board from 2012 to 2015.[2]
In 2014, he won the District 40 seat in the State House over Democrat Henry Mullaney.[3] Ammon was re-elected in 2016 against Democrat Kat McGhee.[3] In 2018, he lost the seat to Kat McGhee.[3][4] In 2020, Ammon beat Democrat Ben Ming to again serve District 40.[3]
In the New Hampshire House of Representatives Ammon serves as the clerk for the Commerce and Consumer Affairs committee.[2] He is currently the Assistant Majority Whip.[1]
In 2022, Ammon voted against HB 1609 which added an exception for a fatal fetal diagnosis to New Hampshire's 24 week ban on abortion services.[5]
In 2021, the Washington Post reported that Ammon was spearheading an effort to ban critical race theory in New Hampshire.[6] Ammon's bill, as explained by The Atlantic, forbids schools from teaching “race or sex scapegoating,” questioning the value of meritocracy and suggesting that New Hampshire or the USA is “fundamentally racist.”[7] House Bill 544 was signed into law by Governor Chris Sununu in July 2021.[8]
Ammon moved to New Hampshire from Pennsylvania in 2009 as part of the Free State Project.[9][10]
In January 2016, he cosponsored a bill that would have allowed the state government to accept payment of taxes and fees in bitcoin.[11] It was defeated in committee.[12]
In March 2016, he introduced a bill allowing public libraries to run privacy software.[13] The bill was written with input from the Library Freedom Project.[14]
Keith Ammon runs Ammon Technology Services, a software company specializing in pharmaceutical sales.[15][16]
Ammon is a member of the NH House Freedom Caucus.[17] He also serves as director of the New Boston Republican Committee and the New Boston Taxpayers' Association.[1]
He contributed to the Bretton Woods Summit of Consumer's Research in 2017 and 2018 as a local subject matter expert on regulation in cryptocurrency.[18] In 2018, he participated in a panel at the Harvard Club of Boston on the topic. The presentation was open to members only, but it is unclear if he himself is a member of the club, or whether he is an alumnus of Harvard or one of the other three institutions affiliated with the Club.[19]
Ammon was named to GOPAC's Class of Emerging Leaders in 2016.[20]
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