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Ashby became a Republican as a sophomore in high school. He realized that the core values of the "Grand Old Party" resonated with him though a civics class. In his early 20s, Ashby served on several Missouri Republican campaigns and as a researcher for the Missouri House Republican Caucus.
Ashby was a stong believer in free-market capitalism. He launched Broadspan Communications , one of the first competitive telecommunications companies in the Midwest. The venture grew from a basement start-up to become Primary Network Communication , a leader in new technology which expanded into five states with a nationally recognized model. Ahsby has worked to start more than two dozen companies in 13 years, including restaurants, technology companies and food manufacturers.
Ashby decided to campaign for the Presidency because he was dismayed by a growing national deficit, disheartened by the Party leadership's apparent loss of faith in the free market and the right to compete, and frustrated by its drift away from the traditional Republican values of fiscal prudence and limited government.
Ashby placed seventh in the Republican New Hampshire primaryRichard and Pat Nixon campaigning in Nashua, New Hampshire, in 1968 The New Hampshire primary to the U. presidential election is the first U. presidential primary in the United States. For more than 50 years it has been highly influential in both predicti winning 264 votes (0.39%). He came in third in the OklahomaOklahoma ( In Detail) (Full size) State nickname: Sooner State Other U. States Capital Oklahoma City Largest City Oklahoma City Governor Brad Henry Area Total Land Water % water Ranked 20th 181,196 kmē 178,023 kmē 3,173 kmē 1. 8% Population Total ( 2000) primaryOrdinal adjectives: Primary "first", first hand. Secondary "second", second hand. Tertiary "third", third hand. In organic chemistry: Primary : functional group attatched to carbon atom connected to 1 or no other Carbon atoms Secondary functional group at on Mini-TuesdayMini-Tuesday is the name given to the first day on which multiple states hold U. presidential primary elections. Mini-Tuesday is new to the 2004 Presidential election and came about when several states which formerly held their primaries on Super Tuesday with 981 votes (0.80%). Thereafter he campaigned as a write-in candidate, having failed to qualify for any other state ballotA ballot is a device used to record choices made by voters. Each voter uses one ballot, and ballots are not shared. In the simplest elections, a ballot may be a simple scrap of paper on which each voter writes in the name of a candidate, but governmentals.