Brad Ashford

Brad Ashford
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 2nd district
In office January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017
Preceded by	Lee Terry
Succeeded by	Don Bacon
Member of the Nebraska Legislature from the 20th district
In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2015
Preceded by	Jim Jensen
Succeeded by	John McCollister
Member of the Nebraska Legislature from the 6th district
In office January 7, 1987 – January 7, 1995
Preceded by	Peter Hoagland
Succeeded by	Pam Brown
Personal details
Born	John Bradley Ashford (1949-11-10)November 10, 1949 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Died	April 19, 2022(2022-04-19) (aged 72)
Resting place	Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Nebraska
Political party	Republican (before 1982, 1988–2011)[1][2] Democratic (1982–1988, 2013–2022)[3] Independent (2011–2013)
Spouse	Ann Ferlic
Children	3
Education	Colgate University (BA) Creighton University (JD)
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John Bradley Ashford (November 10, 1949 – April 19, 2022) was an American politician who served in the Nebraska Legislature and the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska's 2nd congressional district.

After serving in the state legislature from 1987 to 1995, Ashford ran for the Republican nomination in Nebraska's 2nd congressional district, but was defeated. He returned to the state legislature in 2007 and served until 2015 when he successfully ran for the House of Representatives against incumbent representative Lee Terry. After serving in the House of Representatives for two years he was defeated by Don Bacon and was later defeated in the Democratic primary in 2018 when he ran to reclaim his House seat. He is the most recent Democrat to represent Nebraska in Congress.