Brad Ashford
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 2nd district |
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In office January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Lee Terry |
| Succeeded by | Don Bacon |
| Member of the Nebraska Legislature from the 20th district |
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In office January 2007 – January 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Jensen |
| Succeeded by | John McCollister |
| Member of the Nebraska Legislature from the 6th district |
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In office January 1987 – January 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Hoagland |
| Succeeded by | Pam Brown |
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November 10, 1949 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic (1984–1988, 2013–present) |
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Republican (1967–1983, 1989–2011) Independent (2011–2013) |
| Alma mater |
Colgate University Creighton University |
John Bradley "Brad" Ashford (born November 10, 1949) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party from the state of Nebraska, who was the U.S. Representative for Nebraska's 2nd congressional district from 2015 to 2017. 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 was elected to the U.S. House in 2014, defeating incumbent Republican Lee Terry. In 2016, he lost his bid for re-election to Republican Don Bacon.
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.
Ashford served as an attorney in the general counsel's office of the Federal Highway Administration from 1974 to 1975, and as a judge on the Nebraska Court of Industrial Relations from 1984 to 1986.
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 served as the chairman of the Judiciary Committee and served on the Education Committee and the Committee on Committees.
He was 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.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%).
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