Angelique Ashby

Angelique V. Ashby is an American politician and a member of the California State Senate since 2023. A Democrat, she represents the 8th district. Before joining the legislature, she was elected to the Sacramento City Council in 2010, where she served for 12 years.

Angelique Ashby
Member of the California Senate
from the 8th district
Assumed office
December 5, 2022
Preceded byAndreas Borgeas
Member of the Sacramento City Council for District 1
In office
November 23, 2010 – December 5, 2022
Preceded byRay Tretheway
Succeeded byLisa Kaplan & Karina Talamantes
Personal details
BornAshland, Oregon, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of California, Davis (BA)
McGeorge School of Law (JD)

Early life

Ashby graduated from Sacramento High School. Her father was formerly the head of the state's foster care program. She became a single mom at 20, before receiving her bachelor's degree from the University of California, Davis and her Juris Doctor degree from the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law. She founded a consulting firm to create programs to assist parolees, foster children and incarcerated women.[1][2]

Political career

Ashby was elected to the Sacramento City Council in 2010, representing the first district.[3][4] She served as the vice mayor or mayor pro tem nine times during her 12 years on the council.[1][2] She was the only female councilmember for over six years and the first to give birth while in office. Ashby focused on homelessness, school funding and climate change.[5]

2022 state elections

In the 2022 state elections, Ashby contested the 8th district in the California State Senate. The race between her and the former insurance commissioner Dave Jones was one of the closest and most expensive in the region, with $14.5 million spent on the race according to Cal Matters.[6][7] Both candidates ran as Democrats, with Ashby seen as the moderate candidate and Jones as the progressive.[6] She was endorsed by the previous state senator for the area, Richard Pan, Governor Gavin Newsom, former governor Jerry Brown and the organization EMILY's List.[1][5][7][8]

During the race, Jones successfully sued the California Secretary of State to remove Ashby's ballet designation as a "women's advocate". She amended it to "city councilwoman".[1][9] Ashby came second to Jones in the primary election on June 7, 2022, with 41% of the vote to Jones' 46%.[10][11] She won the general election on November 8, 2022, with 51% of the vote.[1][12] Jones conceded on November 29. She and fellow state senator Stephanie Nguyen were the first women elected to the state legislature from Sacramento County in 20 years.[1]

Personal life

Ashby's husband is an emergency room nurse.[2]

References
  1. "Angelique Ashby vs Dave Jones | California's 8th District State Senate race, explained". abc10.com. October 16, 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  2. "On the issues: Angelique Ashby and Dave Jones, candidates for District 8's senate seat". The Sacramento Bee. May 1, 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  3. "Angelique Ashby, Stephanie Nguyen win election to represent Sacramento at California's Capitol". www.capradio.org. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  4. "Dave Jones concedes to Angelique Ashby in State Sen. District 8 race - CBS Sacramento". www.cbsnews.com. November 29, 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  5. "EMILYs List Endorses Sacramento Vice Mayor Angelique Ashby for the California State Senate". EMILYs List. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  6. Holden, Lindsey (November 8, 2022). "Angelique Ashby takes early lead over Dave Jones in hard-fought Sacramento Senate race". The Sacramento Bee. Archived from the original on November 9, 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  7. Hull, John (November 29, 2022). "Ashby wins tough, local State Senate race". Elk Grove Citizen. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  8. "Newsom endorses Angelique Ashby for State Senate District 8 race". Yahoo News. October 4, 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  9. Serrin, Greta (November 14, 2022). "State Senate District 8 race: Democrat Angelique Ashby takes early lead against Democrat Dave Jones". Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  10. "California State Senate Districts 4, 6, & 8 2022 Primary Results". FOX40. June 8, 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  11. "Sacramento County - Election Night Results". results.saccounty.gov. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  12. "Sacramento County - Election Night Results". results.saccounty.gov. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
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