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John Edwards
Johnny Reid Edwards is 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 party's vice presidential nominee under Senator John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election. He also was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008.
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politics · American lawyer and politician (born 1953) · politician · lawyer · writer · podcaster · also John Edwards, Johnny Reid "John" Edwards, Johnny Reid Edwards, Edwards
Born 10 June 1953 · Q217314
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2026· 10 entries
“The question is, would you rather have cases where that happens instead of having cases where you don”
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Douglas County Sentinel: John Finch: Restored Parish Mission w/ John Edwards
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Bracknell News: John Edwards slams Bracknell council for hearing date his solicitor can't attend
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The Free Jazz Collective: Mikołaj Trzaska / John Edwards / Mark Sanders - Because it Happens (Gusstaff Records, 2026)
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freebeacon.com: Abdul El-Sayed Says Wealthy Should 'Pay Their Fair Share' But Appears To Take Advantage of Tax 'Loophole' Used by John Edwards, Accountants Say
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The Guardian: John D Edwards obituary
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Legacy obituary: John Charley Edwards Obituary (2026) - Fort Valley, GA - Burpee-Scott Memorial Chapel & Crematory
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WDTV 5: John Wells Edwards
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Public attention spiked: 2,703 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.1× the usual 886, with 0 article edits.
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2025· 1 entry
The Des Moines Register: John Edwards faces council member Michael McCoy in Clive mayor reelection bid
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2024· 1 entry
MassLive: john edwards
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2019· 1 entry
Edwards is the only living former Democratic senator from North Carolina
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2018· 2 entries
FactCheck.org rated the claim “A meme claims the Justice Department "dropped" the campaign finance charges against former Democratic Sen. John Edwards.” Distorts the Facts.
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WRAL: John Edwards Fast Facts
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2016· 1 entry
The Guardian: John Edwards seeks lead role in Volkswagen emissions scandal lawsuit
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2015· 1 entry
His daughter Cate was the managing attorney of the San Diego office of the firm
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2013· 1 entry
Named Edwards Kirby, with offices in Raleigh and in Washington, D
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2012· 19 entries
The Guardian: John Edwards' partner Rielle Hunter says the two have split
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The Guardian: John Edwards will not be retried on campaign finance charges
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The Justice Department announced that it dropped the charges and would not attempt to retry Edwards
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The Guardian: John Edwards campaign fraud prosecution declared mistrial - video
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The Guardian: The John Edwards saga: marriage, career and trial, all miscarried | Ana Marie Cox
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The Guardian: John Edwards campaign fraud case likely to be abandoned
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The Guardian: John Edwards walks free after chaotic end to corruption trial
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Edwards was found not guilty on Count 3, illegal use of campaign funding (contributions from Rachel "Bunny" Mellon), while mistrials were declared on all other counts against him
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The Guardian: How to find a verdict in the John Edwards trial: an open letter to the jury
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The Guardian: Q&A with Ana Marie Cox and Jim Geraghty: the John Edwards trial
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The Guardian: Gupta, Ravi and Edwards: the trifecta of media show trials | Michael Wolff
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The Guardian: John Edwards trial: jury requests evidence in campaign finance case
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The Guardian: John Edwards trial: jury set to begin deliberations in North Carolina
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The Guardian: John Edwards' mistress given a $9,000 monthly cash allowance, records show
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The Guardian: John Edwards' daughter to take the stand in corruption trial
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As he faced up to 30 years in prison and a $1
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The Federal Election Commission ruled that Edwards's campaign must repay $2
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An Orange County, North Carolina, judge ruled that Young and his wife could not publicize the movie
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Rielle Hunter announced her breakup with Edwards the same day she released a book about their relationship
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2011· 4 entries
Edwards was indicted by a federal grand jury in North Carolina on six felony charges, including four counts of collecting illegal campaign contributions, one count of conspiracy, and one count of making false statements
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On six felony charges of violating multiple federal campaign contribution laws to cover up an extramarital affair to which he eventually admitted
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ABC News and the New York Times reported that the U
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In March 2011, voicemail messages allegedly left by John Edwards were obtained, which Young says prove that Edwards arranged the cover-up of his affair with Hunter.
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2010· 5 entries
Elizabeth died of metastatic breast cancer, aged 61
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Hunter broke her silence during an interview with GQ magazine and provided new details about the affair
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Young released a book detailing the affair
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John Edwards issued a press release to admit that he fathered Hunter's child
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Edwards denied being the father until 2010.
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2008· 9 entries
The Associated Press reported that according to a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, the names of Edwards and Sam Nunn were on Obama's vice presidential shortlist
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Edwards stepped back from his initial outright denial of interest in the position of Vice President, saying, "I'd take anything he asks me to think about seriously, but obviously this is something that I've done and it's
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Edwards officially endorsed Senator Obama at a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Following his primary and caucus losses, Edwards announced that he was suspending his campaign for the presidency
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In the Iowa caucuses, the first contest of the nomination process, Edwards placed second with 29
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With Rielle Hunter, a staffer on his 2008 presidential campaign
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Democratic Party presidential candidates
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“You can be disappointed, but you cannot walk away. This fight has just begun.”
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Campaign: 2008 presidential election.
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2007· 1 entry
During his campaign for the 2008 Democratic nomination for the presidency, Edwards and his wife announced that her cancer had returned; she was diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer, with newly discovered metastases to t
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2006· 2 entries
John Edwards officially announced his candidacy for President in the 2008 election from the yard of a home in New Orleans, Louisiana, that was being rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina destroyed it
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But denied being the father of her child
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2005· 1 entry
Edwards recorded his first podcast with his wife
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2004· 6 entries
Elizabeth Edwards revealed that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer
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Edwards further defended his vote during an appearance on Meet the Press: "I would have voted for the resolution knowing what I know today, because it was the right thing to do to give the president the authority to conf
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Kerry announced that Edwards would be his running mate; the decision was widely hailed in public opinion polls and by Democratic leaders
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And he placed third in the non-binding January 29 vote in Florida
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Sold his house to the Hungarian Embassy to the United States
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Campaign: 2004 presidential election.
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2003· 5 entries
Edwards fulfilled a promise he made a year earlier as a guest on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to unofficially announce his intention to seek the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination
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Met when John Edwards accompanied then-Senator Elizabeth Dole to her swearing-in while Cheney was President of the Senate
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Edwards began fundraising without officially campaigning by forming an exploratory committee
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Career landmark: United States senator (2003–2005).
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Having chosen to not seek reelection in 2002
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2002· 1 entry
“Almost no one disagrees with these basic facts: that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a menace; that he has weapons of mass destruction and that he is doing everything in his power to get nuclear weapons; that he has supported terrorists; that he is a grave threat to the region, to vital allies like Israel, and to the United States; and that he is thwarting the will of the international community and undermining the United Nations' credibility.”
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2001· 3 entries
Cheney thanked Edwards by name and sat with him during a Senate prayer breakfast
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And was appointed director of the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law
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Career landmark: United States senator (2001–2003).
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2000· 1 entry
Edwards unofficially began his presidential campaign when he began to seek speaking engagements in Iowa, the site of the nation's first party caucuses
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1999· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1999–2001).
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1998· 1 entry
As a Democrat running against incumbent Republican Senator Lauch Faircloth
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1993· 3 entries
Edwards began his own firm in Raleigh (now named Kirby & Holt) with a friend, David Kirby
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“Creo que Jesús estaría disgustado de que ignoremos la desgracia de aquellos a nuestro alrededor que sufren y de que nos centremos en nuestras propias necesidades egoístas a corto plazo. Creo que estaría descorazonado, en realidad.”
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“Nadie que trabaje a jornada completa debería vivir en la pobreza. Si un empleo te aleja de tu familia cada día - o para muchos trabajadores de salarios bajos toda la noche - debería pagarte lo suficiente para mantenerla.”
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1985· 1 entry
Edwards represented a five-year-old child born with cerebral palsy – a child whose mother's doctor did not choose to perform an immediate Caesarean delivery when a fetal monitor showed she was in distress
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1984· 1 entry
Edwards was assigned to a medical malpractice lawsuit that had been perceived to be unwinnable; the firm had accepted it only as a favor to an attorney and state senator who did not want to keep it
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1981· 1 entry
Settling in the capital of Raleigh, where he joined the firm of Tharrington, Smith & Hargrove
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1978· 1 entry
Became an associate at the Nashville law firm of Dearborn & Ewing, doing primarily trial work, defending a Nashville bank and other corporate clients
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1977· 2 entries
Studied at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Juris Doctor (1977).
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And had four children (Wade in 1979, Cate in 1982, Emma Claire in 1998, and Jack in 2000)
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1974· 2 entries
Studied at North Carolina State University, Bachelor of Arts (1974).
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And later earned his Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina School of Law (UNC) with honors
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1953· 2 entries
Born 1953-06-10.
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To Wallace Reid Edwards and Catharine Juanita "Bobbie" Edwards (née Wade) in Seneca, South Carolina
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