 In 2014, it was speculated that he would either run for the Democratic nomination in the Senate election or for attorney general, but he did not run.During the 2014 Nebraska gubernatorial election he endorsed Democratic nominee Chuck Hassebrook.On August 14, 1993, Ashford announced that he would not seek reelection to the state legislature and that he was interested in running for the Republican nomination in Nebraska's 2nd congressional district.