Senator John Edwards (D-Roanoke)

Party Democratic Photo of John Edwards
District 21: Craig County (All), Giles County (All), Montgomery County (Part), Pulaski County (Part), Roanoke City (All), Roanoke County (Part) [map]
Took Office January 1996
Next Election November 2011
Committees Commerce and Labor, Courts of Justice, Education and Health, Privileges and Elections, Rules
Fundraising $54,305 cash on hand (From VPAP)
Copatroning Habits 51% of bills he copatroned were introduced by Republicans. Of all of the copatrons of his bills, 53% of them are Democrats. Of all of the copatrons of all of the bills that he also copatroned, 53% of them are Democrats.
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Donor Sector Total
Wine, David &Mary Ann Uncoded $8,200
Dabney, Karen K Uncoded $5,000
Virginia Bankers Assoc Commercial banks & bank holding companies $4,000
Dominion Energy production & distribution $3,500
Anthem Health Plans Of Virginia Accident & health insurance $3,000
Virginia Hospital Assoc Hospitals $2,500
Mid-Atlantic Regional Council Of Carpenters/Ubc Construction unions $2,500
Allen Allen Allen & Allen Attorneys & law firms $2,500
Virginia Cable Telecom Assoc Telecommunications $2,250
Virginia Trial Lawyers Assoc Attorneys & law firms $2,000

Data provided by The National Institute on Money in State Politics.

Recent Mentions on Blogs

Gay Online Magazine | Out Impact: Politicians Putting Penises where Penises Shouldn?t Go

July 4, 2009
by Chardon Moore This is certainly a topic I enjoy writing about.  I first wrote about this type of thing when I was 16 years old back in 1998?of course, back then, it was wild Bill (oh, how I miss that man!). I?ve commented on a lot of Politicians who can?t seem to keep it in their pants, but Gov. Mark Sanford?s recent indiscretion made me re-evaluate myself.  You see, I?ve been a bit hard on the conservatives lately.  That was perfectly fine when they were running my country into the fli...

AnAmericanDay.com: Far Too Many Americas

July 3, 2009
The problem with America is simple ? there are far too many ?Americas?. John Edwards, now a perennial also-ran in the presidential race, once opined about the direness of there being only a mere ?two Americas? where he tried the typical class warfare tactic of pitting the poor and lower middle class against the upper middle class and the ?rich?. If only it was so simple. I say that I wish it were only that simple because I believe that reconciling just two Americas and educating people who...

Linkmeister: Palin resigns!

July 3, 2009
My goodness!Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) announced this afternoon she will resign from office on July 26 and return to private life, a stunning decision by last year's Republican vice presidential candidate to leave office before the end of her first term.I have been observing national politics in this country for about forty years, and I can't think of another case of flameout occurring so quickly after the politician's appearance on the national stage. Mark Sanford had been in Congress for six...

Liberal Values: Sarah Palin?s Fate And The Liberal Values Summer Office

July 3, 2009
Ok, this is really weird. I was up at the Liberal Values summer office at Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island last year when John McCain first announced Sarah Palin?s name as his running mate. Last week we decided to come up to have what should be a spectacular pre-birthday party tonight and this trip unexpectedly turned out to also be related to Palin?s career. Sarah Palin has just announced her plans to step down as governor . Damn?now who will be keeping an eye on Russia for us? We can only s...

Related News - MashGet: Mike Alvear: Why Men Relate to Governor Sanford

July 3, 2009
... And Elliot Spitzer, John Edwards and Bill Clinton . We can't understand why these guys handled the aftermath of their affairs with such monumental stupidity, but, inject us with truth serum, banish the women and you'll get a rather inconvenient truth: We understand why they did it. We understand the aching, overwhelming desire to shut up the new girl at the office (or the new guy at the gym). In a slap at President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton will headline a fundr...
Recent Mentions in the Media

Seattle Times: Leonard Pitts Jr. / Syndicated columnist It's time to retire the I ...

July 4, 2009
... to Kwame Kilpatrick to John Edwards to LA mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to former Pennsylvania Rep. Don Sherwood to Gary Hart to Eliot Spitzer to Sen.and more »

Roanoke Times: Veterans join to raise flag

July 4, 2009
asked state Sen. John Edwards, D-Roanoke, a former Marine who also gave a lengthy history lesson about Old Glory. "By raising the flag."and more »

Slate: Quitters Never WinIn Sarah Palin's GOP, the leaders keep quitting ...

July 4, 2009
In 2004, John Edwards passed up a second Senate term and went on to meet Rielle Hunter. Bill Bradley's decision not to seek a fourth term in 1996 helped ...and more »

The Detroit News: Froma Harrop

July 4, 2009
It was almost certainly not the motivator for former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards. That, in a way, eases the wife's burden.and more »

Out Impact: Politicians Putting Penises where Penises Shouldn't Go

July 4, 2009
Now: Okay, let me just say that I've always had a crush on John Edwards, but I'm not a homewrecker, so that was totally tongue-in-cheek.and more »

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