What is Brad Ashford?
[[File:Brad Ashford Congress.jpg|right|200px]] [[File:Brad Ashford signature.png|right|200px]] '''John Bradley Ashford''' (November 10, 1949 – April 19, 2022) was an [[Americans|American]] politician and lawyer. He was a member of the [[Nebraska Legislature]] from 1987 until 1995 and again from 2007 until 2015. He was a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Nebraska's 2nd congressional district]] from 2015 until 2017. Ashford was born in [[Omaha, Nebraska]]. He studied at [[Colgate University]] and at [[Creighton University]]. He was married to Ann Ferlic and had three children. Ashford was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] from 1982 until 1988 and again from 2013 until his death in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ryan |first=Laura |url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/brad-ashford-s-kindness-campaign-20150123|title=Brad Ashford's Kindness Campaign |work=NationalJournal.com |access-date=April 7, 2015}}</ref> He was also a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] from 1971 until 1982 and again from 1989 until 2011. He was also an [[Independent politician|Independent]] from 2011 to 2013. Ashford lost his re-election in 2016 to Republican [[Don Bacon]]. He ran again in 2018, but lost the Democratic nomination.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/5/16/17359188/kara-eastman-nebraska-2nd-congressional-election-medicare-for-all |title=Medicare-for-all progressive woman wins surprise victory in a key Nebraska House primary |date=May 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513092646/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/5/16/17359188/kara-eastman-nebraska-2nd-congressional-election-medicare-for-all |archive-date=May 13, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2019, Ashford was hospitalized with [[pulmonary edema]] caused by [[blood clot]]s.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.omaha.com/news/state_and_regional/former-rep-brad-ashford-home-after-hospitalization-for-lung-heart-problems/article_9334ab41-0ca2-50b6-be18-59dee8f9b