Terrance Freeman is a husband, father of five, business leader and proven public servant who believes in listening, working with people and getting results.
Terrance Freeman is a husband, father of five, business leader and proven public servant who believes in listening, working with people and getting results.
For Terrance Freeman, public service starts with the community he and his family call home. As a devoted husband, father of five, business leader and coach, Terrance understands the everyday challenges Jacksonville families face. He believes leadership starts with listening, bringing people together and getting things done.
“Families across Florida are stretched thin by rising costs. On the City Council, I delivered the first property tax cut in a decade and fought to ensure every tax dollar is spent wisely.
In Tallahassee, I’ll keep working to reduce the cost of living by cutting property taxes even further, eliminating wasteful fees and regulations, and giving our first responders and working families the tools they need to succeed. Florida should always be a place where the American Dream is within reach.”
Terrance Freeman is a husband, father of five, business leader, and dedicated public servant.
The son of an Army veteran and Baptist minister, Terrance learned the values of service, faith, hard work, and leadership at an early age. He carried those lessons from the baseball diamond to the classroom, the business world, and public service. After a career in professional baseball, Terrance earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of North Florida and a master’s degree in sports psychology from California University of Pennsylvania. He went on to spend more than a decade as a teacher, coach, and school administrator, helping prepare young people for success.
Today, Terrance serves as Senior Project Manager of Apprenticeship Programs at Miller Electric Company, where his work focuses on workforce development and expanding opportunities for people to build successful careers in the skilled trades. Throughout his career, Terrance has worked to connect education with the workforce and help people develop the skills needed to compete for good-paying jobs.
Terrance’s commitment to public service led Governor Rick Scott to appoint him to Jacksonville City Council District 10 in 2018. The following year, Jacksonville voters elected him citywide to the At-Large Group 1 seat. He was re-elected in 2023 with 65 percent of the vote and received more votes than any other candidate on the ballot. His colleagues selected him to serve as Council Vice President in 2021 and as Council President for the 2022–2023 legislative year.
During his time on the Jacksonville City Council, Terrance has focused on affordability, public safety, workforce development, and responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars. He supported Jacksonville’s first property tax rate reduction in nearly a decade, worked to fully fund the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department, and championed the Jacksonville Upward Mobility Program (JUMP) to expand apprenticeship and workforce training opportunities.
Whether in the classroom, the workplace, or public office, Terrance has built his career around bringing people together, solving problems, and delivering results for Jacksonville families.
