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Nick Freitas

Nicholas Jason Freitas (born August 29, 1979) is an American politician and social media influencer. A Republican, he has been a member of the Virginia House of Delegates since 2016. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 2018, narrowly losing in the primary election to Corey Stewart. He was the Republican nominee in the 2020 election to represent Virginia's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, which he lost by 49% to 51% to Abigail Spanberger, the incumbent Democratic congresswoman.

Infobox

Preceded by
Ed Scott
Constituency
30th district (2016–2024)62nd district (2024–present)
Born
Nicholas Jason Freitas (1979-08-29) August 29, 1979 (age 46)Chico, California, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Tina Pierce (since 1999)
Children
3
Education
Henley-Putnam University 0(BA)
Website000000
Campaign website
Allegiance
United States
Branch
United States Army
Service years
1998–2009
Rank
Sergeant First Class
Unit
1st Special Forces Group
Conflict
Iraq War
Party
Republican

Tables

· External links
Virginia House of Delegates
Preceded byEd Scott
Member of the Virginia House of Delegatesfrom the 30th district 2016–2024
Succeeded byGeary Higgins
Preceded byCarrie Coyner
Member of the Virginia House of Delegatesfrom the 62nd district 2024–present
Incumbent

References

  1. https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/S8VA00313/
    https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/S8VA00313/
  2. RallyPoint
    https://www.rallypoint.com/profiles/177903-sfc-nick-freitas
  3. "Bio for Nicholas J. Frietas"
    http://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0279#personalInfo
  4. New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-virginia-house-district-7.html
  5. "'It's a free pen': In Culpeper, delegate's write-in effort gets literal"
    https://www.virginiamercury.com/2019/11/05/its-a-free-pen-in-culpeper-delegates-write-in-effort-gets-literal/
  6. Culpeper Star-Exponent
    http://culpepertimes.com/2015/01/12/freitas-to-challenge-scott-for-delegate-nomination/153788/
  7. Culpeper Star-Exponent
    https://www.dailyprogress.com/starexponent/news/reeves-endorses-freitas-for-delegate/article_97f45ede-b270-11e4-b043-7b406b665ca5.html
  8. Culpeper Times
    https://web.archive.org/web/20151109234435/http://www.northernvatimes.com/culpeper/article/walther-and-jenkins-ride-to-victory-on-election-day
  9. results.elections.virginia.gov
    https://web.archive.org/web/20171108094435/http://results.elections.virginia.gov/vaelections/2017%20November%20General/Site/GeneralAssembly.html
  10. "GOP del. Nick Freitas tells election officials he's withdrawing as a candidate"
    https://www.richmond.com/news/plus/gop-del-nick-freitas-tells-election-officials-he-s-withdrawing/article_73d6ba0c-c926-589b-961f-8dc72ec9b717.html
  11. Fredericksburg.com
    https://www.fredericksburg.com/news/local/freitas-write-in-campaign-focused-on-winning-supporting-other-gop/article_0fd0e98b-33e4-5b4d-b25f-d03de9e72ffa.html
  12. The Daily Progress
    https://www.dailyprogress.com/orangenews/news/nick-freitas-plans-write-in-campaign/article_943b4fa2-be08-11e9-8493-5365432b1562.html
  13. NewsRadio WINA
    http://wina.com/news/064460-del-nick-freitas-to-run-a-write-in-campaign/
  14. Virginia General Assembly.gov
    https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0279#personalInfo
  15. Our Campaigns
    https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=945436
  16. The Daily Progress
    https://dailyprogress.com/news/community/madisonnews/madison-voters-choose-incumbents/article_ea3a6230-8280-11ee-8264-b343780f4793.html
  17. Richmond Times-Dispatch
    https://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/government-politics/state-del-nick-freitas-formally-announces-gop-run-for-u/article_d60617d9-a297-5815-9814-c5fe9c30ff8e.html
  18. "Rand Paul endorses "liberty Republican" Nick Freitas to challenge Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20180215011447/https://rare.us/rare-politics/rare-liberty/rand-paul-endorses-liberty-republican-nick-freitas-to-challenge-virginia-sen-tim-kaine/
  19. Richmond Times-Dispatch
    https://richmond.com/news/local/government-politics/senate-candidate-nick-freitas-unloads-on-rival-corey-stewart-time-we-defeat-the-hate-mongers/article_4ed92ecf-278f-5adf-9130-92b23c18f5aa.html
  20. Virginia Senate Results: Corey Stewart Wins Republican Primary, New York Times (June 2018).
    https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/virginia-senate-primary-election
  21. Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/del-nick-freitas-joins-republican-race-to-challenge-rep-spanberger/2019/12/02/c20455d8-1528-11ea-a659-7d69641c6ff7_story.html
  22. Associated Press
    https://apnews.com/va-house-7-elected-4896f05baeb84dd0be9d305c9dd0cad0
  23. Election results from CNN
    https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/results/state/virginia/house/district-7
  24. "Delegate Joins Senate Race to Challenge Tim Kaine"
    https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/virginia/articles/2017-12-10/delegate-joins-senate-race-to-challenge-tim-kaine
  25. Bill Bartel Virginia Republican Senate candidates repeatedly attack Obama, barely mention Kaine Archived 2018-05-23 at t
    https://pilotonline.com/news/government/politics/virginia/article_dc2a3b22-4ce2-11e8-a34d-fb20b060946d.html
  26. The Daily Progress
    https://dailyprogress.com/archives/culpeper-delegation-addresses-transgender-bathroom-use/article_30582770-31d0-11e6-891b-b36c9567ce0a.html
  27. General Assembly okays a higher minimum wage, WINA (2020).
    https://wina.com/news/064460-064460-general-assembly-okays-a-higher-minimum-wage/
  28. Michael Martz, Spanberger and Freitas split on minimum wage, health care, pandemic during televised forum, Richmond Time
    https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/spanberger-and-freitas-split-on-minimum-wage-health-care-pandemic-during-televised-forum/article_fa3b12ea-18af-50bf-b13a-0c24b2d0ce53.html
  29. Warren Fiske, Spanberger Claims Minimum Wage Workers are Mostly Moms, Politifact VA/VPM News (October 30, 2020).
    https://vpm.org/news/articles/17666/politifact-va-spanberger-claims-minimum-wage-workers-are-mostly-moms
  30. Virginia Mercury
    https://www.virginiamercury.com/blog-va/i-just-have-a-libertarian-streak-nine-house-republicans-vote-with-democrats-to-decriminalize-marijuana/
  31. Gregory S. Schneider, Gun-control issue boils over in Virginia House after fiery speech from delegate Archived 2018-03-1
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/gun-control-issue-boils-over-in-virginia-house-after-fiery-speech-from-delegate/2018/03/02/991938d4-1e42-11e8-ae5a-16e60e4605f3_story.html
  32. Richmond Times-Dispatch
    https://web.archive.org/web/20180615091959/http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/government-politics/general-assembly/as-freitas-guns-speech-goes-viral-virginia-democrats-say-slavery/article_1146f933-82e2-5983-bb2c-da430aacc397.html
  33. 13newsnow.com
    https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/virginia/charlie-kirk-shooting-death-virginia-house-speaker-don-scott-freitas/291-d290a405-50bf-41b4-a0f5-e11bbb500870
  34. bluevirginia.us
    https://bluevirginia.us/2025/09/after-va-del-nick-freitas-r-claims-the-other-side-murdered-charlie-kirk-va-speaker-don-scott-urges-republicans-to-reject-divisive-and-dangerous-language-calls-for-unity/
  35. Nick Freitas for U.S. Senate
    https://nick4senate.com/issues/
  36. The Roanoke Times
    https://www.roanoke.com/news/local/facing-challenger-from-his-right-republican-sen-emmett-hanger-fights/article_dd31f27d-68b6-581b-acc2-02be4093d46b.html
  37. Culpeper Star-Exponent
    https://www.fredericksburg.com/news/local/freitas-urges-state-board-to-allow-republican-on-ballot-in/article_bf5306be-94aa-5640-9f3e-a767a928c155.html
  38. YouTube
    https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWhyMinutes/videos
  39. podcasts.apple.com
    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/making-the-argument-with-nick-freitas/id1506127536
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