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Donna Edwards, Democrat

Current office: U.S. House

Birth place: North Carolina

Education: JD, Franklin Pierce Law School Degree, English/Spanish, Wake Forest University.

Profession: Executive Director, The Arca Foundation Attorney Clerk, District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Writer, Goddard Space Flight Center, Lockheed Corporation.

Political: Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 4, 2006.

Membership: Executive Director, Center for a New Democracy Co-Founder/Executive Director, National Network to End Domestic Violence Volunteer, Public Citizen.

First elected: 06/17/2008
Last elected: 11/04/2008
Next election: 2008

Family: Husband: Derek Coleman; 1 Child: Jared.


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House ethics committee opens 15 new cases

The Hill 7.17.09 2:03 PM | The House ethics committee has started investigating 15 new cases of alleged misconduct so far this year while probing 11...
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Out of jail, former Rep may run for Congress again

The Hill 7.13.09 2:30 PM | Former Rep. Frank Ballance (D-N.C.), who completed a nearly four-year federal prison sentence last month, was honored over the weekend at...
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The lawmakers who pushed climate bill to passage

The Hill 6.28.09 6:32 PM | The members who pushed the historic climate change bill to passage on Friday are not household names.
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House approves war supplemental

The Hill 6.16.09 1:43 PM | The House passed a $106 billion war spending bill Tuesday after a day of intense lobbying by House Democratic leaders to...
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Maryland's Edwards: emerging leader, liberal maverick

Baltimore Sun 6.4.09 12:00 AM | State's first black congresswoman opposes Obama war-funding plan State's first black congresswoman opposes Obama war-funding plan
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More drama from lawmakers

The Hill 4.28.09 12:30 PM | It’s not often that lawmakers on Capitol Hill invent new ways to play the fool.
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Maryland Reconsiders Exclusion of Area Water Utility From Receiving Stimulus Funding

Washington Post 3.6.09 12:00 AM | As of yesterday morning, the utility that oversees the crumbling water system in Montgomery and Prince George's counties wasn't going to receive a dime in federal stimulus grants because the state...
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Women lawmakers laud congressional sisterhood

The Hill 3.3.09 4:39 PM | The most powerful woman in Washington, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), skipped Tuesday night’s gala honoring the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues,...
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Contest goes to the dogs, some charge

The Hill 2.11.09 10:19 AM | The undeniable smell of dog flooded the Cannon Caucus Room on Tuesday night as the Humane Society hosted a reception and...
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STATE OF THE STATE O'Malley pledges to lead Maryland through recession

Baltimore Sun 1.29.09 10:15 PM | In Assembly speech, he vows to save social programs, tuition freeze He defends goals of abolishing death penalty, freezing tuition Poll: Do you approve of the job Gov. O'Malley is doing?
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