Former member of Congress · last served 114th Congress

Brad Ashford

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · NebraskaHouse 2015–2017 (NE-2)

Brad Ashford was a Democratic U.S. representative from Nebraska, first elected to Congress in 2015, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (114th–114th Congress).

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11Bills & resolutions sponsored114th–114th Congress (excludes amendments)

1Passed a chamberof 7 substantive bills (excludes resolutions and ceremonial bills)

2Became law1 substantive + 1 ceremonial · 114th–114th Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.

Recent votes

No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.

5 most recent bills

H.R. 5099 CHIP IN for Vets Act of 2016
Dec 16, 2016 · Became Public Law No: 114-294.
H.R. 5022 HIRED Act
Sep 19, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
H.R. 5993 CAN Act
Sep 12, 2016 · Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently…
H.R. 4975 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5720 South 142nd Street in Omaha, Nebraska, as the "Petty Officer 1st Class Caleb A.…
Jul 29, 2016 · Became Public Law No: 114-212.
H.R. 5355 VOLT Act of 2016
May 27, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Top bills sponsored

H.R. 3159 (114th) Kerrie Orozco Act
8 cosponsors
H.J.Res. 83 (114th) Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
6 cosponsors
H.R. 1032 (114th) No Homeland Security, No Pay Act
5 cosponsors
H.Res. 452 (114th) Effective Leadership Elections for Congressional Trust Resolution
1 cosponsor

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Rep. Ashford has won

Rep. Ashford has won 1 U.S. House election (2014–2014). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.3 to 3.3 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won1 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 3.3 points2014, NE-2

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 1 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Nebraska’s 2nd districtWinners, most recent three: Lee Terry (R) 1998–2012 → Brad Ashford (D) 2014 → Don Bacon (R) 2016–2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.

How has Nebraska’s 2nd district done while Rep. Ashford served?

2015 to 2016 in NE-2: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 2.0 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.

Typical household income · after inflation

NE-2: $81.8K in 2015 → $82.1K in 2016

NE-2 about the sameNebraska up 2%U.S. up 2%

Share of people below the poverty line

NE-2: 12.9% in 2015 → 10.9% in 2016

NE-2 down 2.0 pointsNebraska down 1.1 pointsU.S. down 0.7 points

Share of workers looking for a job

NE-2: 3.5% in 2015 → 3.8% in 2016

NE-2 about the sameNebraska up 0.5 pointsU.S. down 0.5 points

Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Nebraska’s 2nd district during Ashford’s time representing it (2015 to 2017). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

One set of district lines. NE-2 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Ashford’s term so far (2015 and 2016) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

114th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 11 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	11	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement	8	See the 8 →
With a CBO cost estimate listed	1	See the 1 →
With a committee report listed	1	See the 1 →

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 114th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
Fields: cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
PORKER copy refreshed: October 26, 2026 (nightly)

Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.