A Houston criminal defense attorney fluent in Spanish who has run for statewide judicial office five times since 2018.
Ash earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at El Paso and a law degree from South Texas College of Law in Houston. He runs his own law practice, Mark Ash & Associates, representing clients in criminal courts at the state and federal level. He's a frequent Libertarian candidate, having previously run for Attorney General (2022) and Court of Criminal Appeals seats in 2018, 2020, and 2024, and is now the nominee for Place 3.
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