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Nebraska’s 2nd District will see an Eastman versus Ashford rematch in 2020 — but this time around, progressive Kara Eastman will face Ann Ferlic Ashford, the wife of her 2018 Democratic primary opponent.

Ann Ashford, 58, said Friday evening that she intends to seek the congressional seat her husband held during the 2015-16 session, representing Douglas County and western Sarpy County.

Ashford, an attorney who recently left her job at Clarkson Regional Health Services, said her top issues include jobs and the economy and standing up for marginalized people.

She also said she wants to bring people together and appeal across the aisle.

“I think that today’s environment has become so splintered because everybody says, ‘I’m going to fight,’ and I don’t understand that,” she said. “If we continue to fight, we’re going to see the same non-results that we see today.”

She said she thinks that Democratic voters want a nominee who can win the general election — and contends that she could be that nominee.

Ashford was a Republican until December 2016, when she decided that the GOP is no longer a “big-tent” party that welcomes everyone.