Ashley Holme

Ashley Holme
Photo of Ashley Holme
State Delegate from Paletaph's 4th District
Incumbent
Assumed office 2064
Preceded by	Tom Kennedy
Personal details
Born	Ashley Holme 2025
Nationality	Icarisian
Political party	Traditionalist (until 2076) New Freedom Party (2076-present)
Spouse(s)	Steve Callaway (m. 2044; div. 2054) Jeff Giegler (m. 2072)
Children	2
Profession	Politician
Military service
Branch/service	Icarisian Ground Force
Years of service	2047-2057

Ashley Holme is an Icarisian politician currently serving in the Council of Delegates as the State Delegate from Paletaph's 4th District. Prior to her election to the Council, Holme served as the Director of Policy Strategy and Tactics for the Traditionalist Party and as Chief of Staff to Minister of Defense, Abner Nazari. Before entering politics Holme served in the Air Corps for 10 years.

Early life and career

Air Force career (2047-2057)

Ashley Holme was commissioned as. an officer in 2047 upon her college graduation. She worked as an aircraft maintenance officer and later on managing holistic logistics for aircraft sustainment. She left the military after 10 years at the rank of Captain.

Chief of Staff to Abner Nazari (2057-2059)

Holme went to work for Abner Nazari as his Chief of Staff. During her time in that office, she networked with many public officials and legislators, making her a well-known operator for the Ministry of Defense in just two years.

Political career

Traditionalist Party work (2060-2064)

After Abner Nazari's resignation from the Ministry of Defense, Holme left the government and was contacted by the Chairman of the Traditionalist Party, Mitchell Buchanan, whom she had worked with as Chief of Staff. Buchanan offered her the role as Director of Policy Strategy and Tactics, a highly strategic and highly political role. Nazari was known for keeping politics out of his ministry, so Holme's pivot to a highly political job was a shock. In this role, she coordinated the Traditionalist Party's platform and election strategy for the future. She was key in assisting Will McKenzie to run for Speaker in 2061, launching him to the national stage and making it clear the Tradtionalists were warming up to the idea of supporting Libertist business policies. She also worked closely with Joseph Tanner, the Chairman of the Icarisian Union of Business Minded Traditionalists (IUBMT), a large faction in the party. Chairman Buchana didn't necessarily support this faction and he himself did not support efforts to embrace the faction, but he did not remove Holme from her role for her actions. Holme wanted to assist with the presidential strategy in 2061, but Buchanan mostly left that up to Chief of Operations. Araújo, who was ahead in the primary, was nationalist and had given much leeway to the Worker's Solidarity Party in the 40s, and heavily embraced their labourism. Holme supported the campaign of Sebastian Tolbert, a member of the IUBMT, but he failed to gain traction due to lack of party unity.

State Delegate from Paletaph's 4th District (2064-present)

Holme discussed with Chairman Buchanan her intention of running for State Delegate in 2064. She resided in the 4th District of Paletaph, which had been represented by Tom Kennedy since 2046. He was a Libertist, but Holme's platform didn't differ all that much. She brought more social conservatism to the table than he, but the election was tight. She eventually won the election. Since her election in 2064, Holme has been a highly effective legislator and communicator. She has been critical of party relations and believes the parties don't align with the public.

Speaker election 2069

Holme ran for Speaker of the Council of Delegates in 2069 but lost to Eric Walters.

2073 Presidential election

Holme heavily campaigned for Jackson Willougby in the 2073 election. Once Dietrich Weber received the Traditionalist Party nomination Holme announced her support for him.

2076 Realignment and Populist Movement

During the 2075 end-of-year Traditional Administrative Committee, Holme launched her realignment vision for 2076 and the upcoming presidential election. She stated her deep belief the political factions of the nation were improperly representing the public and felt new parties needed to be created. She and her bloc moved to vote "nay" in approving the rules for the party's primary, set to open for filing on January 6, 2076. 23 members of the TAC voted nay, while 36 voted aye. The controversy surrounding the vote led to 17 members to abstain, some were former notable politicians who didn't want to sway the current political dialogue. The aye voters may not have disagreed with Holme's realignment perspective, but felt stalling the primary wasn't the avenue to do so. The party needed a majority approval (39/76) to pass the rules and fell short with 36.

On January 4, a re-vote was held with Daniel Delarosa and Roman Zorich voting in favor of the rules.

On January 6, Traditionalist Party Chairman James Kowalski formally opened the filing for the party's primary.

Adler Schmidt, Chairman of the Libertist Party released a public statement that his party would refuse to open their primary campaign filing until the issue was resolved. No Libertist candidate would lead to false victory in the general election for the Traditionalist. Schmidt forced Kowalski's hand to negotiate with Holme.

On January 10, Holme published the doctrine for her proposed New Freedom Party, Adler Schmidt published his doctrine for the Federalist Party, and Donna Kelly published the doctrine for the Collective Progressive Party.

James Kowalski held an emergency session of the TAC on January 13 and held and official vote to formally abolish the party. Regardless of the vote, Kowalski announced he would be stepping down as Chairman. The final vote was anonymous but in favor of abolition.

In the same day, the Libertist Party and Worker's Solidarity Party held similar votes. Two parties were abolished, and three were created.

Political views

Energy and Environmental Policies

Despite being in favor of low business regulation, Holme believes in keeping a high renewable energy quota. She does not believe in restricting fossil fuel production, but believes country should run in nuclear energy.

Healthcare

Holme believes in

Faith and religiosity

Policy	Large/Small	Yes/No	High/Low	Easy/Rigid
Government Size	Small
Renewable Energy Dependence		Yes
Privatized Healthcare System		Yes
Social Market Economy		No
Business Regulation			Low
Compellance Laws		No
Labor Unions		No
Opt-In Tax System		Yes
Business Subsidies		No
Government Spending			Low
Conscription		Yes
Domestic Surveillance on Citizenry		No
Citizenship				Rigid
Theocracy		No
Death Penalty		No
Government-Sponsored Marriage		Yes
Abortion		No
Firearm Regulation			High
Universal Public School		No
Isolationist Foreign Policy		No
Globalism		No
Free Trade		No
Defense Budget			High

Trad: 9/23
Lib: 10/20
Work: 10/23
Nat: 9/23
Fed: 14/23
NewF: 14/23
ColPro: 5/23

Personal life

Holme married Steve Callaway in 2044, at age 19. She gave birth to two children in 2044 and 2046. She and Callaway divorced in 2054. She remarried in 2072 to Jeff Giegler after dating for 11 years.