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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Ashley R. Henley
| office=Mississippi State Representative<br> for District 40 (DeSoto County)
| term_start=January 2016
| term_end=
| preceded=Pat Nelson
| succeeded=
| birth_date=1981
| birth_place=
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Michael Brandon Henley
| children=
| alma_mater=Northwest Mississippi Community College<br>
[[University of Mississippi]]
| occupation=Educator
|religion=[[Christian]]
| residence=Southaven<br>DeSoto County<br>[[Mississippi]]
}}
'''Ashley R. Henley''' (born 1981) is an [[educator]] in Southhaven, [[Mississippi]] who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 40 in DeSoto County in the northwestern portion of her state.<ref name=billstatus>{{cite web url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/henley.xml|title=Ashley Henley|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref>
From 1996 to 2008, Henley was a [[motion picture]] projectionist. In 2000, she obtained an associate of arts degree in secondary education from Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia in Tate County, at which she has been since 2010 an adjunct history instructor. She then procured bachelor's and master's degrees from the [[University of Mississippi]] at Oxford in 2002 and 2006, respectively. Since 2002, she has been employed by the DeSoto County School District.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/156350/ashley-henley#.Wd5IFLpFzb0|title=Ashley Henley's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref> In 2004, she won the state competition for the [[James Madison]] Memorial Fellowship, which allowed her to study the [[Constitution of the United States]] and its importance in education through a special course at [[Georgetown University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name=billstatus/>
In 2015, Henley won the Republican nomination for the District 40 House position by unseating the incumbent Pat Nelson, 799 votes (56.6 percent) to 613 (43.4 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-Republican-Primary.aspx|title=Republican Primary election returns|date=August 4, 2015|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref> She then defeated opponent Hester Jackson McCray, 1,173 (68.3 percent) to 544 (31.7 percent), in the November 3 [[general election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=General election returns|date=November 3, 2015|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref>
Henley serves on these House committees: (1) Military Affairs (vice chairman), (2) Apportionment and Elections, (3) Constitution, (4) Corrections, (5) Education, (6) Technolgoy, and (7) Tourism.<ref name=bill status/>
In 2016, Representative Henley co-sponsored the bills to prohibit dismemberment [[abortion]]s in Mississippi and to expand exemptions for compulsory school vaccinations. She voted to grant civil and criminal immunity to those reporting what they believe are instances of [[terrorism]]. She backed legislation to permit churches to have designated personnel with firearms. She voted to guarantee protections for religious beliefs and matters of moral conscience. In 2017, she backed the measures to authorize additional methods of execution in Mississippi and to classify the killing of first responders as first-degree [[murder]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/156350/ashley-henley#.Wd5OzLpFzb0|title=Ashley Henley's Voting Record|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref>
==See also==
Other Mississippi Republican state House members:
*[[William Tracy Arnold]]
*[[Dana Criswell]]
*[[Steve Hopkins]]
*[[Trey Lamar]]
*[[Shane Aguirre]]
*[[Jeff Hale]]
*[[Dan Eubanks]]
*[[Robert Foster]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Henley, Ashley}}
[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Educators]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Christians]]
[[Category:Pro-life]]
| name=Ashley R. Henley
| office=Mississippi State Representative<br> for District 40 (DeSoto County)
| term_start=January 2016
| term_end=
| preceded=Pat Nelson
| succeeded=
| birth_date=1981
| birth_place=
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Michael Brandon Henley
| children=
| alma_mater=Northwest Mississippi Community College<br>
[[University of Mississippi]]
| occupation=Educator
|religion=[[Christian]]
| residence=Southaven<br>DeSoto County<br>[[Mississippi]]
}}
'''Ashley R. Henley''' (born 1981) is an [[educator]] in Southhaven, [[Mississippi]] who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 40 in DeSoto County in the northwestern portion of her state.<ref name=billstatus>{{cite web url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/henley.xml|title=Ashley Henley|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref>
From 1996 to 2008, Henley was a [[motion picture]] projectionist. In 2000, she obtained an associate of arts degree in secondary education from Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia in Tate County, at which she has been since 2010 an adjunct history instructor. She then procured bachelor's and master's degrees from the [[University of Mississippi]] at Oxford in 2002 and 2006, respectively. Since 2002, she has been employed by the DeSoto County School District.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/156350/ashley-henley#.Wd5IFLpFzb0|title=Ashley Henley's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref> In 2004, she won the state competition for the [[James Madison]] Memorial Fellowship, which allowed her to study the [[Constitution of the United States]] and its importance in education through a special course at [[Georgetown University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name=billstatus/>
In 2015, Henley won the Republican nomination for the District 40 House position by unseating the incumbent Pat Nelson, 799 votes (56.6 percent) to 613 (43.4 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-Republican-Primary.aspx|title=Republican Primary election returns|date=August 4, 2015|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref> She then defeated opponent Hester Jackson McCray, 1,173 (68.3 percent) to 544 (31.7 percent), in the November 3 [[general election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=General election returns|date=November 3, 2015|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref>
Henley serves on these House committees: (1) Military Affairs (vice chairman), (2) Apportionment and Elections, (3) Constitution, (4) Corrections, (5) Education, (6) Technolgoy, and (7) Tourism.<ref name=bill status/>
In 2016, Representative Henley co-sponsored the bills to prohibit dismemberment [[abortion]]s in Mississippi and to expand exemptions for compulsory school vaccinations. She voted to grant civil and criminal immunity to those reporting what they believe are instances of [[terrorism]]. She backed legislation to permit churches to have designated personnel with firearms. She voted to guarantee protections for religious beliefs and matters of moral conscience. In 2017, she backed the measures to authorize additional methods of execution in Mississippi and to classify the killing of first responders as first-degree [[murder]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/156350/ashley-henley#.Wd5OzLpFzb0|title=Ashley Henley's Voting Record|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref>
==See also==
Other Mississippi Republican state House members:
*[[William Tracy Arnold]]
*[[Dana Criswell]]
*[[Steve Hopkins]]
*[[Trey Lamar]]
*[[Shane Aguirre]]
*[[Jeff Hale]]
*[[Dan Eubanks]]
*[[Robert Foster]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Henley, Ashley}}
[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Educators]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Christians]]
[[Category:Pro-life]]