Ashley Henley

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Ashley Henley
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Prior offices
Mississippi House of Representatives District 40

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 5, 2019

Ashley Henley (Republican Party) was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing District 40. Henley assumed office on January 5, 2016. Henley left office on January 7, 2020.

Henley (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Mississippi House of Representatives to represent District 40. Henley lost in the general election on November 5, 2019.

Henley was found dead on June 13, 2021.[1]

Committee assignments

2019-2020

Henley was assigned to the following committees:


Elections

2019

See also: Mississippi House of Representatives elections, 2019

General election

General election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 40

Hester Jackson-McCray defeated incumbent Ashley Henley in the general election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 40 on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Hester Jackson-McCray
Hester Jackson-McCray (D)
 
50.2
 
1,553
Image of Ashley Henley
Ashley Henley (R)
 
49.8
 
1,539

Total votes: 3,092
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 40

Hester Jackson-McCray advanced from the Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 40 on August 6, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Hester Jackson-McCray
Hester Jackson-McCray
 
100.0
 
442

Total votes: 442
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 40

Incumbent Ashley Henley defeated Francis Miller and Charlie Roberts in the Republican primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 40 on August 6, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ashley Henley
Ashley Henley
 
65.9
 
823
Francis Miller
 
27.4
 
342
Charlie Roberts
 
6.7
 
84

Total votes: 1,249
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Post-election challenge

On December 4, 2019, incumbent Henley (R) filed an election challenge and asked the GOP-led Mississippi House of Representatives to overturn the District 40 election. In the petition, Henley said that the election showed many irregularities. According to Mississippi Today, the specific grievances in the election challenge included: "A failure to collect voter signatures in one of the district’s six precincts and a lack of an incident report detailing why the signatures weren’t collected. She also alleges discovering: two uncounted paper ballots in which Henley’s name was marked; 11 names of voters who voted in a specific precinct while no records of their residency within that precinct could be found; voter signature receipts not stapled to the corresponding pages of the voter receipt book; and several ballots 'unaccounted for/missing.'" Hester Jackson McCray (D) defeated Henley in the 2019 general election by 14 votes.[2] A bipartisan House committee voted 5-0 on January 27, 2020, to seat McCray in the election.[3]

2015

See also: Mississippi House of Representatives elections, 2015

Elections for the Mississippi House of Representatives took place in 2015. A primary election was held on August 4, 2015. The general election took place on November 3, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 27, 2015.[4] Hester Jackson-McCray defeated Francis J. Miller in the Democratic primary. Ashley Henley defeated incumbent Pat Nelson in the Republican primary. Henley ran unchallenged in the District 40 general election. Michael McField (D) was removed from the candidate list before the primary.

Mississippi House of Representatives, District 40 General Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngAshley Henley 68.3% 1,173
     Democratic Hester Jackson-McCray 31.7% 544
Total Votes 1,717
Mississippi House of Representatives, District 40 Democratic Primary, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngHester Jackson-McCray 51.4% 76
Francis J. Miller 48.6% 72
Total Votes 148
Mississippi House of Representatives, District 40 Republican Primary, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngAshley Henley 56.6% 799
Pat Nelson Incumbent 43.4% 613
Total Votes 1,412

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2019

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2020

In 2020, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 7 to October 10. The session was suspended effective July 1, 2020. It had been previously suspended from March 18 to May 7. The session reconvened from August 10 to October 2.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Pat Nelson (R)
Mississippi House of Representatives District 40
2016-2020
Succeeded by
Hester Jackson-McCray (D)


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