Donna Edwards

Donna Fern Edwards (born June 28, 1958) is an American politician. She was the U.S. representative for  from 2008 to 2017. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

Edwards beat eight-term incumbent Albert Wynn in the 2008 Democratic primary. When Wynn resigned, she won a special election on June 17, 2008, to fill the remainder of this term. She was sworn in two days later on June 19, becoming the first African-American woman to represent Maryland in the United States Congress. 

Edwards ran for U.S. Senate in 2016 in the primary to replace retiring Barbara Mikulski, but was defeated by Congressman Chris Van Hollen in the Democratic primary. In 2022, Edwards ran for the congressional seat she previously held but lost to Glenn Ivey in the Democratic primary.

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Q&A interview with Edwards, C-SPAN, December 7, 2008
Congresswoman Edwards on The Young Turks Show, June 2009

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