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John Bradley "Brad" Ashford (born November 10, 1949) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party from the state of Nebraska, who is the U.S. Representative for Nebraska's 2nd congressional district. He was formerly a member of the Nebraska Legislature, representing the 6th district from 1987 to 1995 and the 20th district from 2007 to 2015.
He defeated Republican Congressman Lee Terry in the 2014 elections, one of only two Democrats to defeat incumbent House Republicans in that year's elections.
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he attended Westside High School. He received his B.A. from Colgate University in 1971. He earned his J.D. from Creighton University School of Law in 1974.[2]
He is a member of the following professional organizations:
Ashford served as an attorney in the general counsel's office of the Federal Highway Administration from 1974-1975, and as a judge on the Nebraska Court of Industrial Relations from 1984-1986[2]
He was first elected to the Legislature in 1986 serving Nebraska's 6th legislative district. He was reelected in 1990 and retired in 1994. He ran for legislature again in 2006, and was elected to serve Nebraska's 20th legislative district. He is chairman of the Judiciary Committee and serves on the Education Committee and the Committee on Committees.
He is on the following committees:
Ashford ran for Mayor of Omaha in 2013 as an independent candidate. He was defeated in the primary.
In 1994, Ashford, then a state senator, ran in the Republican primary for Nebraska's 2nd congressional district seat.[4] Jon Christensen won the 1994 primary with 26,494 votes, for 52.7% of the total. Ashford was second in the primary with 12,340 votes (24.5%), and Ron Staskiewicz finished third in the primary with 11,436 votes (22.7%).[5] In the general election, Christensen defeated incumbent Congressman Peter Hoagland of the Democratic Party by a margin of 92,516–90,750 (49.9%–49.0%), with 2,044 write-ins.[6]
In 2014, Ashford was elected as Representative for the 2nd Congressional District, defeating 8-term Republican incumbent Lee Terry with 49.0% of the vote to Terry's 45.7%.[7]
Scott Kleeb, who previously ran for Nebraska's 3rd congressional district election, 2006, has been mentioned as a possible challenger to Ashford in the 2016 Democratic primary, which will occur on Tuesday, May 10, 2016.[8] Former Republican State Senator and Tea Partier Chip Maxwell, who almost ran as an Independent against Lee Terry in 2012, will challenge Ashford in 2016.[9]
Ashford is married to Ann Ferlic, and has three children: John, Ellie, and Tom.
He has been a member of the following community organizations:
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