Ashley Gantt

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Ashley Gantt

| image = Ashley_Gantt.jpg

| state_house = Florida

| district = 109th

| term_start = November 8, 2022

| birth_name = Ashley Viola Gantt

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|4|14}}{{cite web|title=State Representative Ashley Gantt's page|url=https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4897&LegislativeTermId=90|website=myfloridahouse.gov}}

| party = Democratic

| education =

| alma_mater = University of Florida (BA)
Shepard Broad College of Law
Nova Southeastern University (JD)

}}

Ashley Viola Gantt (born {{Circa|1984}}) is an American lawyer, politician, and former schoolteacher. She is the District 109 Representative in the Florida House of Representatives.

Early life and education

Gantt earned a B.A. in English from the University of Florida in 2007.{{Cite web |last=Gantt |first=Ashley V. |title=Curriculum Vitae |url=https://www.law.nova.edu/faculty/adjunct-faculty/ashley-v.-gantts-bio.pdf |website=Shepard Broad College of Law}} She joined the Teach For America Mississippi Delta Corps for two years. She taught as a middle school and high school teacher for six years at Miami-Dade County Public Schools before beginning law school. Gantt completed a J.D. at the Shepard Broad College of Law in 2016.{{Cite web |title=Ashley V. Gantt |url=https://www.law.nova.edu/faculty/adjunct-faculty/gantt-ashley.html |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=Shepard Broad College of Law |language=en}}

In the 2022 Florida House of Representatives election, she criticized incumbent representative James Bush for voting with Republicans on the recent abortion ban legislation and the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act.{{Cite web |last=Lim |first=Clarissa-Jan |date=August 24, 2022 |title=A Florida Judge Who Denied A Teen Girl An Abortion Because Of Her Grades Was Voted Out Of Office |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/clarissajanlim/florida-primary-elections-abortion-rights |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=BuzzFeed News |language=en}} On August 23, 2022, she won the Democratic primary for District 109.{{Cite news |last=Klas |first=Mary Ellen |date=August 24, 2022 |title=Gantt upsets incumbent James Bush III in state House District 109 |work=Miami Herald |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article264628311.html |access-date=2022-08-24}} She was backed by Service Employees International Union and Ruth’s List Florida.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-24 |title=Four Florida House members lost their seats in Tuesday's primary elections |url=https://news.wfsu.org/state-news/2022-08-24/four-florida-house-members-lost-their-seats-in-tuesdays-primary-elections |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=WFSU News |language=en}} Gantt had no opponents in the general election.