Ashley Bell is a physician associate, educator, and lifelong public servant running for Congress because she has seen firsthand how Washington’s decisions affect patients, students, and working families. After 14 years caring for patients in emergency rooms, rural clinics, and telemedicine, and two decades leading in classrooms and universities, she knows the system is broken and people are being left behind.

When her own battle with chronic illness revealed how fragile access to care and basic protections can be, it crystallized her belief that leadership in Congress must be grounded in compassion, competence, and common sense. Ashley is running to expand healthcare access, strengthen public education, protect reproductive freedom, and build an economy that works for everyone, not just the well-connected.