 He returned to the state legislature in 2007 and served until 2015 when he successfully ran for the House of Representatives against incumbent Representative Lee Terry.After serving in the House of Representatives for two years he was defeated by Don Bacon and was later defeated in the Democratic primary in 2018.John Bradley Ashford was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on November 10, 1949, to Don Ashford and Ellen Swanson.