Brian M. Ashe (born April 23, 1963) is an American politician who represents the 2nd Hampden District in the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the State legislature (United States), state legislature of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into ...
. A member of the
Democratic Party, his district includes all of
Hampden and
Longmeadow and part of
East Longmeadow,
Monson, and
Springfield.
Political career
Ashe entered politics with his election to the Longmeadow
Select Board
The select board or board of selectmen is commonly the executive arm of the government of New England towns in the United States. The board typically consists of three or five members, with or without staggered terms. Three is the most common num ...
, where he served from 2001 to 2008.
In 2006, Ashe unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for
Massachusetts Senate
The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Senate comprises 40 elected members from 40 single-member senatorial districts in the st ...
in the
1st Hampden and Hampshire district, losing to
Gale D. Candaras.
In 2008, Ashe ran to succeed
Republican Representative
Mary Rogeness in the 2nd Hampden district. He defeated Springfield City Councilor Kateri B. Walsh in the Democratic primary and Republican William G. Scibelli, a colleague on the Longmeadow Select Board, in the general election. Ashe became the first Democrat to represent the district in 36 years.
Committee Assignments
Source:
* Vice Chair, House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
* Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies
* Joint Committee on Public Health
* Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
Personal life
Ashe and his wife Sonja have two children, Tiernan and Kyra. His father, Donald E. Ashe, served 35 years as Hampden County Registrar of Deeds.
See also
*
2019–2020 Massachusetts legislature
*
2021–2022 Massachusetts legislature
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References
Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
People from Longmeadow, Massachusetts
Westfield State University alumni
Living people
1963 births
21st-century members of the Massachusetts General Court
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