Travis Corcoran | |
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| Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Hillsborough 44th district | |
| Assumed office December 7, 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1970 or 1971 (age 54–55)[1] |
| Party | Republican |
Travis Corcoran is an American politician. He is a Republican member for the Hillsborough 28th district of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, having been elected in November 2024. In 2022, he had been elected to Hillsborough's 44th district. He describes his political orientation as anarcho-capitalist.[2]
Biography
Corcoran earned a degree in computer science and history from Cornell University in 1993 and has worked professionally as a software engineer.[3]<[4]
In 2003, Corcoran founded the online video rental service SmartFlix, specializing in instructional videos.[5] In 2007, he founded the online comic book retailer HeavyInk.[6][7] Both businesses closed in March 2016.[8][9][10]
Corcoran has blogged and self-published science fiction novels under the name Morlock Publishing. His 2017 hard science fiction novel The Powers of the Earth won the 2018 Prometheus Award for "Best Novel", and his 2018 novel Causes of Separation won the 2019 award.[11] Corcoran is also the author of Escape the City, a homesteading manual targeted towards city-dwellers desiring to move to the country.[12][non-primary source needed]
Election history
Corcoran was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives's District Hillsborough 44 on November 8, 2022. On November 5, 2024, Corcoran was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives's District Hillsborough 28, replacing Leah Cushman. His co-representative for the district is Keith Erf.[13][4]
Political position
Guns
In January 2011, police in Arlington, Massachusetts, suspended Corcoran's firearms license and confiscated firearms and ammunition following a blog post he wrote in the aftermath of the 2011 Tucson shooting. The post included an expression referencing the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords followed by "1 down and 534 to go," referring to members of the United States Congress. Arlington police described the post as a potentially credible threat and began an investigation into Corcoran’s suitability to retain a firearms license. At the time, Corcoran had no criminal history and was not arrested or charged with a crime.[14]
In 2013, after a twitter account linked to Corcoran posted comments allegedly calling for shooting government employees who put up surveillance cameras, police raided Corcoran's home, seized unsecured firearms registered to his girlfriend, and threatened them both with prosecution for felony improper storage of firearms. Corcoran sold his home and business and moved to New Hampshire after this incident, with the twitter account tweeting that "cops deserve to die".[15]
Anti-Black comments
In 2025, in response to a request to wear an orange shirt to bring awareness to gun violence, Corcoran responded, in part that "All of the data that I read indicates that violence isn't associated with the presence of guns, but with the presence of African Americans,"..."Blacks commit violent crimes at 5-10x the rate of whites… I will wear a black T-shirt on Friday, June 6, to help make people aware of the fact that crime is predominantly caused by African Americans, and not by guns."[16]
In 2023, Corcoran encouraged people to use the n-word as a matter of principle on one of his Twitter accounts.[17]
References
- ^ "U.S. Catholics Are Divided Over New Directive on Gays". The New York Times. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
- ^ "Travis J I Corcoran". Morlock Publishing. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
- ^ "Representative Travis Corcoran (R)". The General Court of New Hampshire. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
- ^ a b "Travis Corcoran". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- ^ "Enhance Your Education with SmartFlix". MovieMaker. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
- ^ "Ask YC: how to do market research?". Hacker News. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- ^ "Arlington Man Loses Gun License Due To Blog About Tucson Shooting". CBS News. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- ^ "HeavyInk: Graphic Novels and Comics". Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- ^ "HeavyInk is closed". Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- ^ "SmartFlix is closed". Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
- ^ "Libertarian Futurist Society: Awards". Libertarian Futurist Society. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- ^ "Escape the City". Morlock Publishing. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- ^ "New Hampshire House of Representatives District Hillsborough 28". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ^ "Arlington Man Loses Gun License Due To Blog About Tucson Shooting - CBS Boston". www.cbsnews.com. 2011-01-18. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
- ^ "Arlington man's tweet leads to seizure of guns from his home". Arlington Advocate. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- ^ Booth, Colin. "NH GOP lawmaker blames all gun violence on 'African Americans' in shocking email". Granite Post. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ "GOP Rep. Corcoran Called Out for Using N-Word, Urging Others to Join In". NH Journal. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
