Background
Ashford, Brad was born on November 10, 1949 in Omaha.
United States representative politician
Ashford, Brad was born on November 10, 1949 in Omaha.
Bachelor, Colgate University, 1971. Juris Doctor, Creighton University, 1974.
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. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Colgate University in 1971. He earned his Juris Doctor from Creighton University School of Law in 1974.
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
Nebraska legislature
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 was on the following committees:
Business and Labor, Member
Judiciary, Chair
Urban Affairs, Member
Omaha Mayoral election, 2013
Ashford ran for Mayor of Omaha in 2013 as an independent candidate.
He was defeated in the primary.
Elections
= 1994 In 1994, Ashford, then a state senator, ran in the Republican primary for Nebraska"s 2nd congressional district seat. Ashford was second in the primary with 12,340 votes (245%), and Ron Staskiewicz finished third in the primary with 11,436 votes (227%). In the general election, Christensen defeated incumbent Congressman Peter Hoagland of the Democratic Party by a margin of 92,516–90,750 (499%–490%), with 2,044 write-insurance
= 2014 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%.
= 2016 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. Former Republican State Senator and Tea Partier Chip Maxwell, who almost ran as an independent against Lee Terry in 2012, stated that he would challenge Ashford in 2016.
Committee assignments
Committee on Agriculture
Subcommittee on Nutrition
Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilities.
Republican Party, Democratic Party.
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.
Children: John Paul, Eleanor Jane.