Sources told the CBS affiliate KOVR in Sacramento Ashburn was seen leaving Faces, a gay nightclub in midtown Sacramento.
Sgt. Rick Campbell of the CHP in Sacramento said he pulled over Ashburn at 2:00 a.m. Wednesday after Campbell noticed a black Chevy Tahoe weaving in his lane at 13th and L Streets.
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When the officer stopped the state-issued vehicle, the driver identified himself as Senator Ashburn. He was arrested without incident and charged with two misdemeanors: driving under the influence and driving with a blood alcohol level higher than .08 percent or higher.
A male passenger, who was not identified as a lawmaker, was also in the car but was not detained.
Ashburn was booked into the Sacramento County Jail, where he remained for eight hours before being released on a $1,400 bond.
The vehicle Ashburn was driving has been impounded at the Capitol for 30 days.
Ashburn served six years as a state Assemblyman before being elected to the State Senate.
According to Project Vote Smart, Ashburn's voting record shows he has voted against every gay rights measure in the State Senate since taking office including Recognizing Out-Of-State Same-Sex Marriages, Harvey Milk Day and Expanding Anti-Discrimination Laws.
“We can't expect our politicians to be saints, but we can expect them to follow the law,” said Steve Maviglio, a Sacramento-based Democrat strategist.
Ashburn represents the 18th Senate District, encompassing Kern, Tulare, Inyo, and San Bernardino Counties.
To see Ashburn's charging documents, navigate to the following link: http://www.kvsun.com/pdf/ashburn.pdf



Comments
85 comment(s)John Perry SHN wrote on Mar 21, 2010 5:44 PM:
I had a Nephew that fought to be a girl from the time he could he could communicate.
You may notice I said had. I now have a very lovely and loving 27 year old neice that went through SRS the day after her 21st birthday.
There was never any doubt in our family that she was anything other than a sweet little girl with a plumbing problem.
I apologize for this having nothing to do with Ashburn. I just wanted to correct Reality for Celia. "
John Perry SHN wrote on Mar 21, 2010 5:27 PM:
He was elected to represent the MAJORITY of his district.
It requires more integrity to do what is right than what one may want to do.
Is he gay? Who cares!It has nothing to do with possibly killing others in a drunken stupor.
Drunk drivers have killed and maimed more AMERICANS than ALL the wars America has been involved in.
He deserves Prison simply because he's a dangerous criminal.
It's not a gay issue. "
smile wrote on Mar 21, 2010 3:25 PM:
Bob wrote on Mar 12, 2010 8:35 AM:
Being gay is a personal choice, its not a crime......God doesn't care if anyone is gay or not, religion does, but God is not religion...
This guy chose to drive drunk, thats a crime and therefore the man's a disgarce
to both himself and the fine people of this state that he swore to serve..
But being gay or not being has nothing to do with, niether does "God"... "
ASH wrote on Mar 12, 2010 8:10 AM:
celia wrote on Mar 12, 2010 7:10 AM:
Tea Party Person wrote on Mar 11, 2010 6:41 PM:
Why haven't all of you started a petition asking him to resign from his secular job we elected him to for driving a state care while drunk?
And if he won't resign, petition his party to throw him out.
A highway patrolman and many other state employees would lose their jobs with a DUI.
He put citizen's lives at risk by driving drunk in a state car. If that isn't that a good reason to fire him, what is? "
Yeah wrote on Mar 11, 2010 4:38 PM:
John Who wrote on Mar 9, 2010 8:58 AM:
Gail Korner wrote on Mar 8, 2010 7:15 PM:
Ann wrote on Mar 8, 2010 4:18 PM:
Ken wrote on Mar 8, 2010 3:39 PM:
Ann wrote on Mar 8, 2010 1:40 PM:
ab wrote on Mar 8, 2010 12:00 PM:
I ASK EVERYONE TO COME OUT!!! ITS 2010!! "
celia wrote on Mar 8, 2010 8:12 AM:
Now I have some major projects to deal with so don't have the time to deal with crazy people, whoever they are. Gotta go um do my "agenda thing" whatever that is. "
Ken wrote on Mar 8, 2010 4:20 AM:
Reality for Celia wrote on Mar 7, 2010 10:40 PM:
ActionsSpeakLoud wrote on Mar 7, 2010 9:44 PM:
and it's also hypocritical to run one's presidential campaign on a peace platform and then send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. "
Reality for Celia wrote on Mar 7, 2010 9:08 PM:
Reality for Celia friends wrote on Mar 7, 2010 9:00 PM:
To reality wrote on Mar 7, 2010 8:44 PM:
I know Celia: she's one of the most honest people I know, is not closeted and is quite happy. In fact I know why the term Gay is used. I love hanging with my Gay friends! I'll bet anything they are much more fun than you are.
Rock on Celia keep up the good work.
Barbara get therapy! "
pshchologist wrote on Mar 7, 2010 7:34 PM:
The previous "research" was done on mental patients and prisoners, not the healthy general population. Modern unbias research refutes your severly outdated and I may add bigoted ideas. "
science to reality wrote on Mar 7, 2010 7:16 PM:
celia wrote on Mar 7, 2010 6:55 PM:
"reality" Is that your name this time? LOL! What decade are you in? I work for a psychologist and your crazy ideas were disproven back in the 70's. That BS about puberty and having a problem with the opposite gender was a figment of homophobic bigotry and has no legit backing. I love men,just not sexually. I probably get along better with men than most hetro women.And I have wonderful Gay male friends who have more respect for women than most hetro males.SDM? "
Reality to Celia wrote on Mar 7, 2010 6:34 PM:
Reality for Celia wrote on Mar 7, 2010 6:03 PM:
Hayduke wrote on Mar 7, 2010 2:25 PM:
Whatever wrote on Mar 7, 2010 10:52 AM:
Barbie to Ken wrote on Mar 7, 2010 10:52 AM:
celia wrote on Mar 7, 2010 8:27 AM:
There's a condition called "Defensive Projective Identification" It's common among the rabidly anti Gay crowd (Roy)Those who protestith much about homosexuality are almost always closet cases.Ted Haggard, pedophile priest etc. Comfortable hetrosexuals simply do not get so riled up about consenting adults loving each other and harming noone. I'm sure we will hear examples of this condition from the man faces of "truth" and other insecure ones. "
Mac wrote on Mar 7, 2010 8:19 AM:
Ken wrote on Mar 7, 2010 7:45 AM:
celia wrote on Mar 7, 2010 7:42 AM:
Hypocracy is the next issue. Many family values men know all about that. "
iamTheLight-bulb wrote on Mar 7, 2010 2:00 AM:
#4) Bad form to call someone ignorant, and then misspell 'Kool Aid' lol.
#5)
Do you at least admit it was wrong for him to be intoxicated and giving a person a ride home? lol. THAT'S what he was arrested for.
#35) A fact that he has been tooling around gay bars (as confirmed by the West Sacrament Mayor on a CBS website, not just gay media.)
H)
Are people really still using the term 'homosexual agenda'? My homosexual agenda right now is to get more ice cream. "
Thomas wrote on Mar 6, 2010 9:31 PM:
There is evidence that Senator Ashburn lives an alternative lifestyle. He has been a regular in Sacramento gay bars on the corner of K and 20th streets since he was elected. I know because I've seen him there. Additionally, it is common knowledge in the Capitol community that it was only a matter of time before Senator Ashburn came out of the closet. It will not be the liberal media that goes to town on Mr. Ashburn. It will be his own conservative, right wing nut bags friends that will try to serve his head on a stake! "
For The Record wrote on Mar 6, 2010 1:36 PM:
Dave wrote on Mar 6, 2010 12:43 PM:
JamJells wrote on Mar 6, 2010 11:18 AM:
Richard F. wrote on Mar 6, 2010 11:04 AM:
I don't think, regarding this specific situation alone, that anything he has already done justifies a resignation. But what he does in the future could. He should now do what politicians find so difficult: TELL THE TRUTH. If he is unwilling to do that--or even worse, if he actually lies--then he should resign. "
Truth wrote on Mar 6, 2010 10:42 AM:
Other Open Secret wrote on Mar 6, 2010 8:48 AM:
kvsesr wrote on Mar 6, 2010 8:24 AM:
iamTheLight-bulb wrote on Mar 6, 2010 8:20 AM:
#1) you spend lot time preaching on here.
#2) you are wound so tightly, you cant see that UNSAVED was joking about the free car. (god, I have to explain this?)
#3) so it seems that you just called someone delusional and demented, for nothing.
Ridiculous that jokes have to be explained here.
I'd like to save you as well but my wand is at the cleaners.
ps. Roy has been to other gay bars in Sac, as pointed out by West Sac's Gay Mayor. Get our yer prayer books. "
Mark wrote on Mar 6, 2010 7:46 AM:
Peg wrote on Mar 6, 2010 7:38 AM:
to Student wrote on Mar 6, 2010 7:37 AM:
Travis wrote on Mar 6, 2010 7:33 AM:
David Silva wrote on Mar 6, 2010 7:16 AM:
I have spoken and voted many times against gay
people many many times, and so have my constituents. But last night at last call for a gay bar
in Sacramento, I had an epiphany, and several Pina Colada's. As I finished my last drinks for the road, I met a nice man who agreed to accompany me at
2:10 a.m. To those of you who would call me a hypocrite, I say this, "Of course I am a hypocrite!
Every single Senator lies all day long! Suckers!"
Hoping to continue to serve with integrity-
Senator Roy Assburn "
Truth wrote on Mar 5, 2010 11:49 PM:
Truth wrote on Mar 5, 2010 11:42 PM:
Dude wrote on Mar 5, 2010 11:02 PM:
Truth wrote on Mar 5, 2010 7:31 PM:
Kat wrote on Mar 5, 2010 7:00 PM:
Kevin wrote on Mar 5, 2010 6:48 PM:
BUSTED! "
Unsaved wrote on Mar 5, 2010 6:00 PM:
Student wrote on Mar 5, 2010 4:52 PM:
Yes, pray we will. "
Mac wrote on Mar 5, 2010 4:14 PM:
Whatever wrote on Mar 5, 2010 3:52 PM:
Sheila wrote on Mar 5, 2010 3:13 PM:
Truth wrote on Mar 5, 2010 1:47 PM:
Mac wrote on Mar 5, 2010 8:16 AM:
Celia wrote on Mar 5, 2010 7:04 AM:
Richard LA wrote on Mar 4, 2010 9:56 PM:
Ann wrote on Mar 4, 2010 8:04 PM:
Really Poor Role Model wrote on Mar 4, 2010 7:39 PM:
Mac wrote on Mar 4, 2010 4:29 PM:
LOL wrote on Mar 4, 2010 4:16 PM:
Are you reading "truth"? "
Bill wrote on Mar 4, 2010 4:13 PM:
question wrote on Mar 4, 2010 4:10 PM:
Richard wrote on Mar 4, 2010 4:04 PM:
Bob wrote on Mar 4, 2010 3:00 PM:
cbs13.com/local/ashburn.arrest.dui.2.1534505.html "
Lisa wrote on Mar 4, 2010 2:22 PM:
cbs13.com/local/ashburn.arrest.dui.2.1534505.html "
randy wrote on Mar 4, 2010 2:20 PM:
Celia wrote on Mar 4, 2010 2:09 PM:
Richard wrote on Mar 4, 2010 1:30 PM:
smitty wrote on Mar 4, 2010 12:46 PM:
Mac wrote on Mar 4, 2010 12:30 PM:
Dude wrote on Mar 4, 2010 12:10 PM:
big g wrote on Mar 4, 2010 12:06 PM:
vern wrote on Mar 4, 2010 10:52 AM:
Hypocrite "
Truth wrote on Mar 4, 2010 10:02 AM:
jim wrote on Mar 4, 2010 7:17 AM:
Nice Role Model wrote on Mar 3, 2010 11:49 PM:
Vicky Sawyer wrote on Mar 3, 2010 9:21 PM:
Don wrote on Mar 3, 2010 11:01 AM: