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==Political life==
==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>
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, McLennan, and 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, but no Democrat ran in 2012 for the District 57 seat.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns (House District 57), November 6, 2012.</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, but no Democrat ran in 2012 for the District 57 seat.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns (House District 57), November 6, 2012.</ref>