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'''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=July 8, 2020}}</ref>

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==Background==

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==Background==

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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>

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==Political life==

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Ashby is a former president of the nonpartisan Lufkin Independent School District.<ref name=ttribune/>

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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>

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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>

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