Ex-governor and ex-con Edwin Edwards is actually going to run for Congress

Edwin Edwards (D) announces his bid for Congress, with his wife, Trina Scott, at his side

After playing games for months, former governor, ex-con, and D-list reality TV show star Edwin Edwards has decided to run for Congress—at the age of 86:

“I acknowledge there are good reasons I should not run. But there are better reasons why I should,” Edwards said.

The 86-year-old Silver Fox, known for his memorable, often shocking quotes and the nearly nine years spent behind bars on extortion, fraud and racketeering charges, made the announcement at a meeting of the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday (March 17).

Among the many “good reasons” Edwards would have for not running is the fact that Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District—open because GOP Rep. Bill Cassidy is running for Senate—is almost implacably Republican. State lawmakers redrew the lines a few years ago to make the seat much redder, and it obliged by going 66-32 for Mitt Romney. Edwards, a Democrat, is almost the definition of a larger-than-life figure, but even though he always retained a strong measure of popularity in spite of (or perhaps a little bit because of) his law-breaking ways, he’ll be hard-pressed to overcome this district’s demographics.

Still, Republicans haven’t exactly assembled a very impressive field to replace Cassidy, and there are few political figures as unpredictable as Edwards. For now, though, we’re maintaining our rating of Safe Republican for this race, but at the very least, Edwards is always entertaining. This contest probably will be, too.

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Ex-governor and ex-con Edwin Edwards is actually going to run for Congress

John Edwards Returns to Law Practice

Former presidential candidate John Edwards, who left politics in disgrace amid a sex and campaign corruption scandal, is reuniting with his former law partner David Kirby to open a new law practice in Raleigh, N.C.

According to the Charlotte Observer, the firm of Edwards Kirby will also have offices in Washington, D.C. run by Edwards’ eldest daughter Cate.

“I loved it for the decades I did it, and I think it’s what I was born to do,” the 60-year-old Edwards told the Observer.

Edwards, a former U.S. senator who was the 2004 Democratic vice presidential nominee, insisted in the interview that he doesn’t believe his affair with his campaign videographer Rielle Hunter while his late wife Elizabeth Edwards was fighting breast cancer will result in juries being less than supportive in his cases. Edwards had a child with Hunter.

While refusing to answer questions about reports he’s now dating a 35-year-old single mother, Edwards says that in his experience juries decide verdicts based on the evidence and the law as well as how well the cases are presented.

“Courtrooms are not a place where, in my experience, showmanship and flamboyance wins out. Hard work and having a case that is true and meritorious wins out.”

Edwards was elected to the Senate in North Carolina in 1998 and served a single six-year term. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 when he eventually became John Kerry’s running mate, and later he failed in his bid to become the presidential nominee in 2008.

His personal and political life collapsed when he admitted in 2010 that he had fathered a child with Hunter. His affair with Hunter late led to him being charged with six counts of campaign finance corruption alleging that he used nearly $ 1 million in contributions to hide his pregnant mistress during his 2008 presidential bid. He was cleared of one charge by a federal jury in May and a mistrial was declared in the other counts.

Edwards and Kirby worked on a number of high-profile cases together, and Edwards says his friend is “the best lawyer I know.” Their new firm will have six attorneys and they plan to take on consumer rights, personal injury, and civil rights cases.

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