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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Trent Edward Ashby
|nationality=[[United States|American]]
|office=[Texas]] State Representative for<br>District 57 (Angelina, Houston, Leon, Madison, San Augustine, and Trinity counties)
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|term_start=January 8, 2013
|preceded=Marva Beck
|birth_date=October 9, 1972
|birth_place=Rusk County, [[Texas]], USA
|occupation=Title insurance executive
|residence=Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas
|spouse=Nicole Marie Cormack "Nickie" Ashby
|children=Garin Ashby<br>
Grant Ashby
|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
|alma_mater=[[Texas A&M University]]
}}
'''Trent Edward Ashby''' (born October 9, 1972)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tx--ala.capwiz.com/bio/id/19289|title=Rep. Trent Ashby (R-TX 57th District)|publisher=Texas Library Association|accessdate=March 17, 2014}}</ref><ref>Project Vote Smart has Ashby's date of birth as August 9, 1972.</ref> is a title insurance executive from Lufkin, [[Texas]], who is a [[Republican Party |Republican]] state representative for House District 57, which encompasses [Angelina, Houston, Leon, Madison, San Augustine, and Trinity counties in the eastern portion of his state..<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=5737&searchparams=chamber=H~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=~first=~gender=~last=Ashby~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=Trent Ashby|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=March 17, 2014}}</ref>
==Background==
Ashby was reared on a diversified livestock and dairy farm in Rusk County. As a youth, he was the state president and vice-president, respectively of [[4-H]] and the Future
Farmers of America organizations. In 1996, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics from [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]]. He was elected by the student body as a yell leader at TAMU, as was an earlier alumnus, former [[Governor]] [[Rick Perry]]. Ashby is president of Community Title Company, which maintains offices in Angelina, Nacogdoches, and Polk counties.<ref name=ttribune>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/directory/trent-ashby/#ui-tabs-1|title=State Rep. Trent Ashby, District 57 (R-Lufkin)|publisher=''[[The Texas Tribune]]''|accessdate=March 17, 2014}}</ref>
Ashby and his wife, the former Nicole Marie Cormack, known as "Nickie" Ashby (born c. 1973), have two sons, Garin and Grant.<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/138345/trent-ashby#.UydThctOUfg|title=Trent Ashby's Biography|publisher=votesmart.com|accessdate=March 17, 2014}}</ref>The Ashbys attend the Harmony Hill Baptist Church at 2708 S. Chestnut St. in Lufkin and work in various [[nonprofit organization]]s in the district,<ref name=ttribune/> such as the Museum of East Texas, which opened in Lufkin in 1976. He is affiliated with the [[Chamber of Commerce]], [[United Way]], and Lions International.
==Political life==
Ashby is a former president of the nonpartisan Lufkin Independent School District.<ref name=ttribune/>
In the Republican [[primary]] election held on May 29, 2012, Ashby unseated one-term Representative Marva Black Beck (born 1944) of Centerville in Leon County, 11,730 votes (58.1 percent) to 8,454 (41.9 percent), in the reconfigured District 57.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns (House District 57), May 29, 2012.<ref> Beck was supported by the [[TEA Party]] movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Marva&qmi=&qn=Beck&qcs=Centerville%2C+TX&focusfirst=1|title=Marva Beck of Centerville, TX|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=March 17, 2014}}</ref> During her brief tenure, the district included Leon, Madison, [[Falls County, Texas|Falls]], part of [[McLennan County, Texas|McLennan]], and [[Robertson County, Texas|Robertson]] counties but not Ashby's home base of Lufkin in Angelina County.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=5700&searchparams=chamber=H~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=~first=Marva~gender=~last=Beck~leaderNote=~leg=82~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=Marva Beck|publisher=Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=March 17, 2014}}</ref>
In the general election held on November 2, 2010, Beck had toppled seven-term [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Representative [[Jim Dunnam]], a lawyer from [[Moody, Texas|Moody]], Texas, but no Democrat ran in 2012 for the District 57 seat, which includes territory historically friendly to that party.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns (House District 57), November 6, 2012.</ref>
Ashby serves on the House committees of (1) Appropriations Subcommittee on Article III - Chair (2) Natural Resources - Vice Chair (3) Appropriations and (4) House Administration.<ref name=votesmart/>
===Legislative positions===
A [[pro-life]] legislator, Ashby supported in 2013 the ban on [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of [[gestation]]; the measure passed the House, 96-49. He also co-sponsored companion legislation to increase medical and licensing requirements of abortion providers.<ref name=votingrecords/> These issues brought forth an unsuccessful [[filibuster]] in the state Senate led by Wendy Russell Davis of [[Fort Worth]], who in 2014 as the Democratic nominee lost the governor's race to the Republican [[Greg Abbott]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Filibuster in Texas Senate Tries to Halt Abortion Bill|author=Manny Fernandez|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/politics/senate-democrats-in-texas-try-blocking-abortion-bill-with-filibuster.html|newspaper=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=June 25, 2013|accessdate=March 9, 2014}}</ref> The Texas [[Right to Life]] Committee rated Ashby 73 percent favorable.<ref name=ratings/>
Ashby voted for legislation to establish a taxpayer-funded breakfast program for [[State school|public schools]]; the measure passed the House, 73-58. He supported legislation to provide marshals for school security as a separate law-enforcement entity. He voted to extend the [[franchise tax]] exemption to certain businesses. He voted for the adoption of the biennial state budget. Ashby voted to prohibit [[texting]] while driving, which nevertheless passed the House, 97-45. He voted to require testing for [[narcotics]] of those individuals receiving [[unemployment compensation]]. He voted against the "equal pay for women" measure, which nevertheless passed the House, 78-61, but was [[veto]]ed by [[governor of Texas|Governor]] [[Rick Perry]].<ref name=votingrecords/>
Ashby backed the measure to forbid the state from engaging in the enforcement of federal regulations of firearms. He voted to allow college and university officials to [[Concealed carry|carry concealed weapons]] in the name of campus security. He co-sponsored the measure to reduce the time required to obtain a concealed-carry permit. He backed the [[redistricting]] bills for the state House and Senate and the [[United States House of Representatives]]. Ashby voted for [[term limits]] for certain state officials.<ref name=votingrecords>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/138345/trent-ashby#.UyeOOstOUfg|title=Trent Ashby's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</ref>
===Interest group ratings===
In 2013, [[Phyllis Schlafly]]'s [[Eagle Forum]], managed in Texas by [[Cathie Adams]], a former state chairman of the Texas Republican Party, rated Ashby 75 percent favorable, compared to Beck's 40 percent in 2011. The Young Conservatives of Texas scored him 59 percent; the organization rated Beck 71 percent in 2011. The Texas [[League of Conservation Voters]] rated him 79 percent; a similar group Environment Texas rated him 50 percent. The [[interest group]], Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, founded by Michael Quinn Sullivan, rated him 49 percent, but the Texas Association of Business scored him 100 percent. The [[National Rifle Association]], of which he is a member, scored Ashby 92 percent.<ref name=ratings>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/138345/trent-ashby#.UyeRA8tOUfg|title=Trent Ashby's Ratings and Endorsements|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashby, Trent}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Farmers]]
[[Category:Business Peoples]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category: Republicans]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]
|name=Trent Edward Ashby
|nationality=[[United States|American]]
|office=[Texas]] State Representative for<br>District 57 (Angelina, Houston, Leon, Madison, San Augustine, and Trinity counties)
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|term_start=January 8, 2013
|preceded=Marva Beck
|birth_date=October 9, 1972
|birth_place=Rusk County, [[Texas]], USA
|occupation=Title insurance executive
|residence=Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas
|spouse=Nicole Marie Cormack "Nickie" Ashby
|children=Garin Ashby<br>
Grant Ashby
|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
|alma_mater=[[Texas A&M University]]
}}
'''Trent Edward Ashby''' (born October 9, 1972)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tx--ala.capwiz.com/bio/id/19289|title=Rep. Trent Ashby (R-TX 57th District)|publisher=Texas Library Association|accessdate=March 17, 2014}}</ref><ref>Project Vote Smart has Ashby's date of birth as August 9, 1972.</ref> is a title insurance executive from Lufkin, [[Texas]], who is a [[Republican Party |Republican]] state representative for House District 57, which encompasses [Angelina, Houston, Leon, Madison, San Augustine, and Trinity counties in the eastern portion of his state..<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=5737&searchparams=chamber=H~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=~first=~gender=~last=Ashby~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=Trent Ashby|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=March 17, 2014}}</ref>
==Background==
Ashby was reared on a diversified livestock and dairy farm in Rusk County. As a youth, he was the state president and vice-president, respectively of [[4-H]] and the Future
Farmers of America organizations. In 1996, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics from [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]]. He was elected by the student body as a yell leader at TAMU, as was an earlier alumnus, former [[Governor]] [[Rick Perry]]. Ashby is president of Community Title Company, which maintains offices in Angelina, Nacogdoches, and Polk counties.<ref name=ttribune>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/directory/trent-ashby/#ui-tabs-1|title=State Rep. Trent Ashby, District 57 (R-Lufkin)|publisher=''[[The Texas Tribune]]''|accessdate=March 17, 2014}}</ref>
Ashby and his wife, the former Nicole Marie Cormack, known as "Nickie" Ashby (born c. 1973), have two sons, Garin and Grant.<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/138345/trent-ashby#.UydThctOUfg|title=Trent Ashby's Biography|publisher=votesmart.com|accessdate=March 17, 2014}}</ref>The Ashbys attend the Harmony Hill Baptist Church at 2708 S. Chestnut St. in Lufkin and work in various [[nonprofit organization]]s in the district,<ref name=ttribune/> such as the Museum of East Texas, which opened in Lufkin in 1976. He is affiliated with the [[Chamber of Commerce]], [[United Way]], and Lions International.
==Political life==
Ashby is a former president of the nonpartisan Lufkin Independent School District.<ref name=ttribune/>
In the Republican [[primary]] election held on May 29, 2012, Ashby unseated one-term Representative Marva Black Beck (born 1944) of Centerville in Leon County, 11,730 votes (58.1 percent) to 8,454 (41.9 percent), in the reconfigured District 57.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns (House District 57), May 29, 2012.<ref> Beck was supported by the [[TEA Party]] movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Marva&qmi=&qn=Beck&qcs=Centerville%2C+TX&focusfirst=1|title=Marva Beck of Centerville, TX|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=March 17, 2014}}</ref> During her brief tenure, the district included Leon, Madison, [[Falls County, Texas|Falls]], part of [[McLennan County, Texas|McLennan]], and [[Robertson County, Texas|Robertson]] counties but not Ashby's home base of Lufkin in Angelina County.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=5700&searchparams=chamber=H~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=~first=Marva~gender=~last=Beck~leaderNote=~leg=82~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=Marva Beck|publisher=Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=March 17, 2014}}</ref>
In the general election held on November 2, 2010, Beck had toppled seven-term [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Representative [[Jim Dunnam]], a lawyer from [[Moody, Texas|Moody]], Texas, but no Democrat ran in 2012 for the District 57 seat, which includes territory historically friendly to that party.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns (House District 57), November 6, 2012.</ref>
Ashby serves on the House committees of (1) Appropriations Subcommittee on Article III - Chair (2) Natural Resources - Vice Chair (3) Appropriations and (4) House Administration.<ref name=votesmart/>
===Legislative positions===
A [[pro-life]] legislator, Ashby supported in 2013 the ban on [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of [[gestation]]; the measure passed the House, 96-49. He also co-sponsored companion legislation to increase medical and licensing requirements of abortion providers.<ref name=votingrecords/> These issues brought forth an unsuccessful [[filibuster]] in the state Senate led by Wendy Russell Davis of [[Fort Worth]], who in 2014 as the Democratic nominee lost the governor's race to the Republican [[Greg Abbott]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Filibuster in Texas Senate Tries to Halt Abortion Bill|author=Manny Fernandez|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/politics/senate-democrats-in-texas-try-blocking-abortion-bill-with-filibuster.html|newspaper=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=June 25, 2013|accessdate=March 9, 2014}}</ref> The Texas [[Right to Life]] Committee rated Ashby 73 percent favorable.<ref name=ratings/>
Ashby voted for legislation to establish a taxpayer-funded breakfast program for [[State school|public schools]]; the measure passed the House, 73-58. He supported legislation to provide marshals for school security as a separate law-enforcement entity. He voted to extend the [[franchise tax]] exemption to certain businesses. He voted for the adoption of the biennial state budget. Ashby voted to prohibit [[texting]] while driving, which nevertheless passed the House, 97-45. He voted to require testing for [[narcotics]] of those individuals receiving [[unemployment compensation]]. He voted against the "equal pay for women" measure, which nevertheless passed the House, 78-61, but was [[veto]]ed by [[governor of Texas|Governor]] [[Rick Perry]].<ref name=votingrecords/>
Ashby backed the measure to forbid the state from engaging in the enforcement of federal regulations of firearms. He voted to allow college and university officials to [[Concealed carry|carry concealed weapons]] in the name of campus security. He co-sponsored the measure to reduce the time required to obtain a concealed-carry permit. He backed the [[redistricting]] bills for the state House and Senate and the [[United States House of Representatives]]. Ashby voted for [[term limits]] for certain state officials.<ref name=votingrecords>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/138345/trent-ashby#.UyeOOstOUfg|title=Trent Ashby's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</ref>
===Interest group ratings===
In 2013, [[Phyllis Schlafly]]'s [[Eagle Forum]], managed in Texas by [[Cathie Adams]], a former state chairman of the Texas Republican Party, rated Ashby 75 percent favorable, compared to Beck's 40 percent in 2011. The Young Conservatives of Texas scored him 59 percent; the organization rated Beck 71 percent in 2011. The Texas [[League of Conservation Voters]] rated him 79 percent; a similar group Environment Texas rated him 50 percent. The [[interest group]], Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, founded by Michael Quinn Sullivan, rated him 49 percent, but the Texas Association of Business scored him 100 percent. The [[National Rifle Association]], of which he is a member, scored Ashby 92 percent.<ref name=ratings>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/138345/trent-ashby#.UyeRA8tOUfg|title=Trent Ashby's Ratings and Endorsements|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashby, Trent}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Farmers]]
[[Category:Business Peoples]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category: Republicans]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]