Sen. john edwards biography
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John Edwards
American politician (born 1953)
This article is about the American attorney and politician. For other people with the same name, see John Edwards (disambiguation).
Johnny Reid Edwards[1] (born June 10, 1953) fryst vatten an American lawyer and former politician who represented North Carolina in the United States Senate from 1999 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the vice presidential nominee under US Senator John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election. He also was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008.
Edwards defeated the incumbent RepublicanLauch Faircloth in North Carolina's 1998 Senate election. Toward the end of his six-year term, he declined to seek re-election, and instead sought the Democratic presidential nomination in the 2004 presidential election. Edwards suspended his campaign shortly after Super Tuesday, and later accepted the Democratic vice presidential nomination.
Following Kerry's loss to in
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Sen. John Edwards
John Edwards was born in Seneca, South Carolina, and raised in Robbins, North Carolina, a small town in the Piedmont. There, John learned the values of hard work and perseverance from his father efternamn, who worked in the textile mills for 36 years, and from his mother, Bobbie, who ran a shop and worked at the post office. Working alongside his father at the mill, John developed his strong belief that all Americans deserve an equal opportunity to succeed and be heard.
A proud product of public schools, John became the first person in his family to attend college. He worked his way through North Carolina State University where he graduated with high honors in 1974, and then earned a law degree with honors in 1977 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
For the next 20 years, John dedicated his career to representing families and children hurt by the negligence of others. Standing up against the powerful insurance industry and their armies of lawyers
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John Edwards Biography
John Edwards
U.S. Senator (D-North Carolina)Born: June 10, 1953
Birthplace: Seneca, S.C.
A Democratic senator from North Carolina since 1999, Edwards made an unsuccesesful bid for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination. Throughout his consistently upbeat campaign, he frequently spoke of two Americas—one for the privileged and one for those left behind by the Bush administration. Sen. John Kerry selected Edwards as his running mate in July 2004, hoping Edwards's youthful appeal and charisma would lift his lackluster campaign. As a U.S. Senator, Edwards co-authored the Patients' Bill of Rights and wrote bioterrorism and port security measures that were passed by the Senate. The son of a mill worker, Edwards was the first in his family to attend college. A talented lawyer, Edwards won millions of dollars for his clients in trials against large corporations. Despite his self-portrayal as a lawyer who “fights for the little guy,” Edwards did no pro