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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]

Political career

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]

Political positions

Abortion

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]

Education

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]

Free State Project

Ammon moved to New Hampshire from Pennsylvania in 2009 as part of the Free State Project.[9][10]

Cryptocurrency

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]

Privacy

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]

Other information

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Keith Ammon 4NH".
  2. ^ a b c "Representative Keith Ammon". NH House of Representatives. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Keith Ammon". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  4. ^ "Hollis Republican State House candidates debate issues". Nashua Telegraph. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  5. ^ "HB1609-FN".
  6. ^ MECKLER, LAURA; DAWSEY, JOSH (2021-06-20). "Republicans, spurred by an unlikely figure, see political promise in critical race theory". Washington Post.
  7. ^ Harris, Adam (2021-05-07). "The GOP's 'Critical Race Theory' Obsession". The Atlantic.
  8. ^ LaCasse, Alexander (2021-07-09). "'Divisive concepts' ban is NH law. Will it affect the way teachers do their jobs?". Seacoast Online.
  9. ^ Quimby, Taylor (2018-04-12). "You Asked, We Answered: What Is the Free State Project?". New Hampshire Public Radio. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
  10. ^ "Bitcoin's Last Gunslinger" Forbes. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  11. ^ "Tiny Towns, Small States Bet on Bitcoin Even as Some Shun Its Miners" The PEW Charitable Trusts. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  12. ^ "HB552". TrackBill. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  13. ^ "House Bill 1508: An Act allowing public libraries to run certain privacy software". New Hampshire State Government. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  14. ^ O'Neill, Patrick Howell (2019-03-27). "New Hampshire bill allows for libraries' usage of encryption and privacy software". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  15. ^ "New Hampshire Department of State". Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  16. ^ "PorcFest XIII". Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  17. ^ "NH Freedom Caucus members discuss budget impasse" WMUR-TV. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  18. ^ "The Bretton Woods Experience" Bretton Woods Summit. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  19. ^ "Blockchain, Bitcoin, and Public Policy" HKS New England Alumni Association. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
  20. ^ "GOPAC announces 2016 Class of Emerging Leaders" GOPAC. Retrieved 2019-03-22.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Ammon