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'''Trenton Edward Ashby''', known as '''Trent Ashby''' (born October 9, 1972),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/trenton-ashby/trentashby|title=Trenton Ashby|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</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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'''Trenton Edward Ashby''', known as '''Trent Ashby''' (born October 9, 1972),<ref name=mylife>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/trenton-ashby/trentashby|title=Trenton Ashby|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</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>

==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

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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=July 8, 2020}}</ref>

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Farmers of America organizations. He graduated in 1991 from Henderson High School in Henderson, Texas. 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=July 8, 2020}}</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=July 8, 2020}}</ref> The Ashbys attend the Harmony Hill [[Southern Baptist|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.<ref name=votesmart/>

==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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Earlier in his career he was the legislative director for [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] former [[U.S. Representative]] Jim Turner of Texas. In that capacity, he lived in Alexandria, [[Virginia]].<ref name=mylife/>

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After settling in Lufkin, he served as 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. 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=July 8, 2020}}</ref>

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