Brad Ashford

A Representative from Nebraska. Born in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebr. , November 10, 1949. Graduated from Westside High School, Omaha, Nebr. , 1967. B. A. , Colgate University, Hamilton, N. Y. , 1971. J. D. , Creighton University, Omaha, Nebr. , 1974. Staff, United States Senator Roman Hruska of Nebraska. Lawyer, private practice. Business executive. Attorney, Federal Highway Administration, 1974-1975. Hearing examiner, Nebr. Department of education, 1983-1984. Judge, Nebr. Court of industrial relations, 1984-1986. Member of the Nebraska state legislature, 1987-1994. Chief executive officer, Omaha, Nebr. , housing authority, 1998-2003. Member of the Nebraska state legislature, 2006-2014. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress (January 3, 2015-January 3, 2017). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress in 2016. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress in 2018. Died on April 19, 2022. Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Omaha, Nebr.