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Johnny Reid Edwards (born June 10, 1953) is an American lawyer and former politician who served as a U.S. senator from North Carolina from 1999 to 2005. He was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2004 alongside John Kerry, losing to incumbents George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.He also was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008.. Edwards defeated incumbent Republican Lauch Faircloth in North Carolina's 1998 Senate election.Toward the end of his six-year ...
May 6, 2019 · John Edwards was a top personal injury lawyer before he turned to politics two decades ago. But after two "wildly unsuccessful" runs at president and an extramarital affair that made tabloid ...
Jul 17, 2024 · John Edwards, U.S. senator, who in 2004 was the vice presidential running mate of John Kerry, the Democratic Party’s nominee for president. His political career ended when in 2008 it was revealed that he had fathered a child with a campaign worker while his wife was fighting cancer.
Mar 24, 2023 · Former Democratic presidential candidate and former Sen. John Edwards leaves during a lunch break during the fourth day of jury deliberations at a federal courthouse, May 23, 2012, in Greensboro, N.C.
Mar 31, 2023 · Edwards was John Kerry's vice presidential running mate in 2004 in the pair's losing race against George W. Bush and Dick Cheney prior to launching his own presidential campaign in 2008.
John Edwards' life and career. John Edwards has gone from trial lawyer to senator to vice presidential nominee, to presidential candidate. Here's a look back at the ups and downs of his career.
May 31, 2012 · John Edwards, a Democratic senator from North Carolina, ran twice for the US presidency and was once considered a rising star in his party. He is a former trial lawyer and self-made millionaire ...
Jun 3, 2011 · WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury today returned a six-count indictment against former U.S. Senator and Presidential candidate John Edwards for allegedly participating in a scheme to violate federal campaign finance laws, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney George E.B. Holding for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
Jun 3, 2011 · Certain words and people seem made for each other. For John Edwards, the word must surely be tragedy, in all its dimensions. When he first came on the national radar in the 1990s, it was for his ...
May 31, 2012 · RELATED: John Edwards' Trial Reminds Us of the Man He Wasn't Update (4:20 p.m. EDT): ABC's Jake Tapper Tweets that the jury has just announced it found Edwards not guilty on count three (that's ...
