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Clinton claimed that if Freeman were elected the Arkansas legislature would scuttle certain education reforms approved in the fall of 1983.<ref name=schools/>
In his [[autobiography]], ''My Life,'' Clinton mentions Freeman once as "an appealing young businessman from Jonesboro."<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0p3UPxm0lrIC&pg=PA317&lpg=PA317&dq=Woody+Freeman+(AR)&source=bl&ots=WJmqHVw1CM&sig=osUk3KfyVxhfIAKYbRLaxf1G3yg&hl=en&ei=65E1S87yKJKXtgexxtT_CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CAoQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=&f=false|authorlink=Bill Clinton|last=Clinton|first=Bill|title=''My Life''|page=317|publisher=Google Books|accessdate=December 26, 2009}}</ref> In an appearance in [[Little Rock]] on November 3, 1984, President [[Ronald W. Reagan]] told a rally, "Please send Woody Freeman to the statehouse."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1984/110384b.htm|title=Remarks at a Reagan-Bush rally in Little Rock, Arkansas|publisher=Reagan.utexas.edu|accessdate=December 26, 2009}}</ref> Former [[United States Secretary of State]] [[Henry Kissinger]] also campaigned for Freeman but seemed to have little of substance to offer the Arkansas candidate.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=63OGMhI5ISgC&pg=PA170-IA10&lpg=PA170-IA10&dq=Woody+Freeman+and+Henry+Kissinger&source=bl&ots=Pbfc3maDAh&sig=JZu4Loj8tZ3Zqg1tMGEqXqfOehI&hl=en&ei=OHw2S-TrLJGftgfI1sWECQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Woody%20Freeman%20and%20Henry%20Kissinger&f=false|title=Robert E. Levin and J. Shawn Landres, ''Bill Clinton: The Inside Story''|page=166|publisher=Google Books|accessdate=December 26, 2009}}</ref> Clinton prevailed with 554,561 votes to Freeman's 331,987.<ref name=campaigns/> President Reagan easily won Arkansas over [[Walter Mondale]], and Democratic U.S. Senator David Hampton Pryor defeated the determined bid of Republican U.S. Representative Edwin Ruthvin Bethune , Jr., of the Little Rock-based Arkansas 2nd congressional district.<ref>State of Arkansas, Secretary of State, 1984 general election returns</ref> When Clinton won again in 1986, by defeating former Governors [[Orval Faubus]] in the Democratic primary and Frank White in the general election, and in 1990, over the Republican Sheffield Nelson, he was elected to four-year terms, the latter of which he served for only two years.
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.
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>
