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Woody Freeman

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After his own campaign, Freeman continued to contribute to Republican candidates, including former [[U.S. Representative]] Rick Lazio of [[New York]], the unsuccessful candidate against Democrat [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] for the [[United States Senate]] in the 2000 [[general election]]. In 2002, he donated to the failed effort by Republican U.S. Senator Tim Hutchinson to win reelection in Arkansas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://watchdog.net/contrib/72404/woody_freeman|title=Woody Freeman, 72404|publisher=Watchdog.net|accessdate=December 26, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/elec2/00/elec-JONESBORO-AR-00.html|title=Jonesboro, Arkansas Political Contributions by Individuals|publisher=city-data.com|accessdate=December 26, 2009}}</ref>​ In 1999, Freeman contributed to Hutchinson's brother, U.S. Representative [[Asa Hutchinson]], thereafter the unsuccessful Republican gubernatorial nominee in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/elec2/00/elec-JONESBORO-AR-00.html|title=Jonesboro, Arkansas Political Contributions by Individuals|publisher=City-data.com|accessdate=December 26, 2009}}</ref>Asa Hutchinson since rebounded politically and has been twice been elected as governor, in 2014 and 2018.
==Business career==
Just after his race for governor, Freeman co-founded Continental Computer Corporation in Jonesboro, the developer of software which allows funeral homes to upload obituaries to the National Obituary Archive with a single click of the mouse.<ref name="arrangeonline"/> The archive is the largest repository of obituaries and death records. The company also provides easy access to birth certificates. Freeman's partners are Phil H. Hout and Jesse Stafford, both then of Jonesboro, and Peter Seale of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]].<ref name="arrangeonline">{{cite web|url=http://www.arrangeonline.com/pressrelease/pressDetail.asp?PressID=35|title=Parent of Arrangeonline.com Adds Entrepreneurs to Board|date=June 12, 2002|publisher=Arrangeonline.com|accessdate=December 26, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref> Freeman once claimed that he started the company with a $3 checking account.<ref name=SS/> The company was named "Arkansas Business of the Year" in 1992. By that time, company sales had increased tenfold.<ref name=SS>{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-11841572.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102190411/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-11841572.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=November 2, 2012|title=Software savvy|publisher=highbeam.com|accessdate=December 26, 2009}}</ref>​
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