Nick Freitas

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.”

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. 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.

In December 2019, Freitas announced his candidacy for Virginia's 7th congressional district, in which he will seek the Republican Party nomination to challenge incumbent Representative Abigail Spanberger in the 2020 general election. Freitas earned an early endorsement from the conservative organizations Club for Growth and FreedomWorks. Freitas is considered to be an early front-runner for the Republican nomination due to opinion polls giving him the lead in support and name recognition.

In 2019, his wife Tina Freitas challenged incumbent Republican Emmett Hanger for his Senate seat in Virginia's 24th district. Freitas enjoyed the support of right-leaning conservative and libertarian groups, who criticized Hanger for his vote to accept the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, his opposition to constitutional carry, and for supporting a tax increase to fund transportation. She was defeated in the primary, gaining 43% of the vote to Hanger's 57%.

Freitas was a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2018, losing the Republican nomination to Corey Stewart. He is seeking the Republican nomination in Virginia's 7th congressional district for the 2020 election.

Freitas sought the Republican nomination for the 2018 Senate election in Virginia. He was endorsed by Senators Rand Paul and Mike Lee. On June 12, Freitas narrowly lost the Republican nomination by 1.7% to Prince William County Chairman Corey Stewart.

Freitas tends to support a libertarian conservative approach to economic issues. In his 2018 Senate race, Freitas stated: "People should be free to make important economic decisions for themselves free from intrusive and over bearing government. This means supporting low taxes, opposing onerous regulations, protecting private property rights and at all times fighting cronyism, which seeks to make business beholden to politicians and bureaucrats rather than their customers."

In a speech given in March 2018 on the floor of the House of Delegates, Freitas voiced opposition to further gun control proposals following the Parkland, Florida school shooting. The speech went viral and drew over 11 million views on Freitas' Facebook page.

He ran for re-election in 2017 and won with 62% of the vote over Democrat Ben Hixon.

In 2015, Freitas ran for the Virginia House of Delegates for the 30th district, then held by Republican Ed Scott. After Scott announced his retirement, Freitas was unopposed in both the Republican primary and the general election, and took office in January 2016.

Freitas became the chairman of the Culpeper County Republican Committee in 2010.

Following the September 11 terrorist attacks, Freitas joined the U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Berets) and served two tours in Iraq. After being honorably discharged in 2009, Freitas moved to Culpeper County, Virginia in 2010 and served as an operations director for a service-disabled veteran-owned company.

Nicholas J. Freitas (born August 29, 1979) is an American politician who is a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. He was first elected in 2015, and represents the 30th district, which comprises Madison County, Orange County, and the southern half of Culpeper County as a Republican.

Freitas, who is of Portuguese ancestry, was born in Chico, California, on August 29, 1979. After graduating high school, Freitas joined the United States Army. He also during this time graduated at Henley-Putnam University.