Keith Ammon is an American politician. He is a member of the

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, representing the Hillsborough 40th District from 2014 to 2018 and re-elected in 2020.

Political career

Ammon served on the New Boston School Board from 2012 to 2015. In 2014, he won the District 40 seat in the State House over Democrat Henry Mullaney. Ammon was re-elected in 2016 against Democrat Kat McGhee. In 2018, he lost the seat to Kat McGhee. In 2020, Ammon beat Democrat Ben Ming to again serve District 40. In the New Hampshire House of Representatives Ammon serves as the clerk for the Commerce and Consumer Affairs committee. He is currently the Assistant Majority Whip.

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.

Education

In 2021, the

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reported that Ammon was spearheading an effort to ban critical race theory in New Hampshire. Ammon's bill, as explained by

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, forbids schools from teaching “race or sex scapegoating,” questioning the value of meritocracy and suggesting that New Hampshire or the USA is “fundamentally racist.” House Bill 544 was signed into law by Governor Chris Sununu in July 2021.

Free State Project

Ammon moved to

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from

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in 2009 as part of the

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Cryptocurrency

In January 2016, he cosponsored a bill that would have allowed the state government to accept payment of taxes and fees in

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. It was defeated in committee.

Privacy

In March 2016, he introduced a bill allowing public libraries to run privacy software. The bill was written with input from the

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Other information

Keith Ammon runs Ammon Technology Services, a software company specializing in pharmaceutical sales. Ammon is a member of the NH House Freedom Caucus. He also serves as director of the New Boston Republican Committee and the New Boston Taxpayers' Association. He contributed to the Bretton Woods Summit of Consumer's Research in 2017 and 2018 as a local subject matter expert on regulation in

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. In 2018, he participated in a panel at the

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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. Ammon was named to

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's Class of Emerging Leaders in 2016."GOPAC announces 2016 Class of Emerging Leaders"
GOPAC. Retrieved 2019-03-22.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ammon, Keith Living people Republican Party members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives 21st-century American politicians Year of birth missing (living people)