Freitas became the chairman of the Culpeper County Republican Committee in 2010.
Virginia House of Delegates
Freitas was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates,representing District 62. He assumed office in 2016,and his most recent term ended on January 14,2026.
2015
In 2015,Freitas ran for the Virginia House of Delegates for the 30th district,then held by RepublicanEd Scott. After Scott announced his retirement,Freitas was unopposed in both the Republican primary and the general election,and took office in January 2016.[7][8]
He ran for re-election in 2017 and won with 62% of the vote over Democrat Ben Hixon.[9]
2019
On July 18,2019,Freitas withdrew from the 2019 election for House of Delegates after failing to submit required paperwork to the Board of Elections in the Commonwealth of Virginia by the deadline.[10] On August 8,2019,Freitas announced that he would mount a write-in campaign for re-election and won with 57.89% of the vote.[11][12][13]
As a member of the House of Delegates,Freitas serves on the following committees:Science and Technology;Militia,Police and Public Safety;and Finance.[14]
2021
Freitas ran for re-election to the Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 30. He won in the general election on November 2,2021.[15]
2023
Freitas ran for re-election again in 2023,in the post-reapportionment District 62. He won the general election on November 7,with 62% of the vote.[16]
Freitas sought the Republican nomination for the United States Senate seat in the 2018 election.[17] He was endorsed by Senators Rand Paul and Mike Lee.[18] During the Republican primary campaign,Freitas characterized his rival,Prince William County Chairman Corey Stewart,as a "hate-monger."[19] He said,"we must reject Corey Stewart's dog-whistling of White supremacists,anti-Semites,and racists."[19]
In the June 2018 primary,Freitas narrowly lost the Republican nomination. Stewart took 44.9% of the vote,Freitas took 43.1% of the vote,and E. W. Jackson took 12.0% of the vote."[20]
In December 2019,Freitas announced his candidacy for Virginia's 7th congressional district,in which he sought and won the Republican Party nomination to challenge incumbent Representative Abigail Spanberger in the 2020 general election. Freitas earned early endorsements from conservative organizations the Club for Growth and FreedomWorks.[21] Freitas was considered to be an early front-runner for the Republican nomination due to opinion polls giving him the lead in support and name recognition.[21] Freitas's state delegate district includes much of the congressional district's western portion.
Freitas lost the closely fought election,[22] receiving about 49% of the vote to Spanberger's 51% of the vote.[4] Spanberger dominated in the most populous parts of the district,in Chesterfield and Henrico counties in Greater Richmond,while Freitas led in the less-populous parts of the district in outlying Culpeper,Orange,Spotsylvania,Louisa,Goochland,Powhatan,Amelia,and Nottoway counties.[4] Ultimately,Spanberger's combined 43,000-vote margin in Henrico and Chesterfield proved too much for Freitas to overcome;it was more than five times Spanberger's overall margin of 8,400 votes.[23]
Political views
In the House of Delegates,Freitas has been described as having a "conservative voting record and libertarian streak."[24]
He has called for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare),describing it as a "cancer."[25] He supports the construction of a wall on the border with Mexico.[25] In 2016,he urged the Culpeper County School Board to disregard an Obama administration mandate that transgender students be allowed the use of the restrooms that correspond to their gender identity.[26] He called it unconstitutional,and said the Obama administration does not "get to arbitrarily redefine what gender means."[26]
In 2020,Freitas voted against legislation in the Virginia General Assembly to gradually increase the state minimum wage to $12 per hour by 2023.[27] He opposes proposals to increase the federal minimum wage.[28][29]
Freitas voted in favor of marijuana decriminalization during the January 2020 session of the General Assembly. He stated:"I'd rather we use law enforcement resources to go after violent criminals and people that are creating victims."[30]
Freitas hosts a YouTube channel called The Why Minutes where his stated goal is to "provide insight regarding some of the most pressing questions we ask about how society works. We explore the underlying reasons,motivations,and philosophies that inform decisions,promote greater understanding,and advance a society dedicated to preserving and advancing freedom."[38]
Freitas also hosts a podcast called Making the Argument with Nick Freitas,in which he talks about political issues.[39]
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