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Encyclopedia > Blake Ashby
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Blake Ashby was a moderate Republican candidate for the U.S. Republican Party presidential nomination, 2004. Ashby is an entrepreneur and independent businessman from St. Louis, Missouri. Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... Shortcut: WP:WIN Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia and, as a means to that end, also an online community. ... Shortcut: WP:CSD Current list: Category:Candidates for speedy deletion There are a few, limited, cases where admins can delete Wikipedia pages on sight. Non-admins can ask for an admin to delete such a page, either by listing it on speedy deletions, or by adding either a {{delete}} or... Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ... This article is about the political process. ... Image File history File links Vote. ... The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States of America, along with the Democratic Party. ... The U.S. Republican Party presidential nomination, 2004 was the series of primaries and caucuses that determined who was to be chosen at the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City as the Republican Partys candidate in the U.S. presidential election, 2004. ... For the sequel to the computer game Entrepreneur, which has no article of its own, see The Corporate Machine. ... A businessman (sometimes businesswoman, female; or businessperson, gender neutral) is a generic term for a wide range of people engaged in profit-oriented enterprises, generally the management of a company. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Missouri Coordinates: , Country State County Independent City Government  - Mayor Francis G. Slay (D) Area  - City  66. ...


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. For other uses, see High school (disambiguation). ... Civics is the science of comparative government and means of administering public trusts—the theory of governance as applied to state institutions. ... A caucus is most generally defined as being a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement. ...


Ashby is a strong 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. Ashby has worked to start more than two dozen companies in 13 years, including restaurants, technology companies and food manufacturers. For other uses, see Capitalism (disambiguation). ... Telecommunication involves the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ... The Midwest is a common name for a region of the United States of America. ... For other uses, see Restaurant (disambiguation). ... Manufacturing is the transformation of raw materials into finished goods for sale, or intermediate processes involving the production or finishing of semi-manufactures. ...


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. A free market is an idealized market, where all economic decisions and actions by individuals regarding transfer of money, goods, and services are voluntary, and are therefore devoid of coercion and theft (some definitions of coercion are inclusive of theft). Colloquially and loosely, a free market economy is an economy... Value is a term that expresses the concept of worth in general, and it is thought to be connected to reasons for certain practices, policies or actions. ...


Ashby placed seventh in the Republican New Hampshire primary winning 264 votes (0.39%). He came in third in the Missouri primary on Mini-Tuesday with 981 votes (0.80%). Thereafter he campaigned as a write-in candidate, having failed to qualify for any other state ballots. The New Hampshire primary is the first of a number of statewide political party primary elections held in the United States every four years, as part of the process of the Democratic and Republican parties choosing their candidate for the presidential elections on the subsequent November. ... Official language(s) English Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City Largest metro area St Louis[1] Area  Ranked 21st  - Total 69,709 sq mi (180,693 km²)  - Width 240 miles (385 km)  - Length 300 miles (480 km)  - % water 1. ... A primary election is an election in which voters in a jurisdiction select candidates for a subsequent election (nominating primary). ... Mini-Tuesday is the name given to the first day on which multiple states hold U.S. presidential primary elections. ... A write-in candidate is a candidate in an election whose name does not appear on the ballot, but for whom voters may vote nonetheless by writing in the persons name. ... For the town in France, see Ballots, Mayenne. ...


Ashby has announced that he will campaign for the Presidency in 2008 as an Independent.


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Politics1 - US Political News Blog (3473 words)
Ashby says the stock market crash of 2000, however, dropped his net worth below the $1,000,000 mark.
Ashby -- who has already qualified for the New Hampshire and Missouri primary ballots -- vows he will spend what it takes to get on additional state ballots and get his message out about where the GOP needs to go.
Ashby earned his millions by co-founding an independent communications provider in the mid-1990s and then selling the company to a wealthy competitor.
Blake Ashby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (262 words)
Blake Ashby was a moderate Republican candidate for the U.S. Republican Party presidential nomination, 2004.
Ashby became a Republican as a sophomore in high school.
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.
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