Keith Ammon | |
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Member of the New HampshireHouseofRepresentatives 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 |
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]
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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