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Name: John Edwards
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Birthdate: June 10, 1953
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Current Occupation:
U.S. Senator (North Carolina) since 1998
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| Past Experience: |
VP Candidate for Al Gore in 2000
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| Education: |
North Carolina State University (BS), 1974
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (JD), 1977
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| Professional: |
Trial Attorney (1977-1998)
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Is a member of the following committees: Commerce, Science & Transportation;
Heatlh, Education, Labor & Pensions; Judiciary; Select Committee on Intelligence;
and Small Business and Entrepreneurship
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Every Thursday (during the weeks Senate is in session), Edwards hosts Tar Heel
Thursday, a town-hall style meeting for any people from North Carolina who are
visiting Washington, D.C.
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Announced his presidential bid on January 2, 2003
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Was speculatively second in line to Joe Lieberman for
Al Gore's runningmate spot in the 2000 Presidential Elections
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Has been called the most charismatic of the Democratic hopefuls for the
2004 Presidential ticket
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Was the first person in his family to attend college
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His undergraduate major - textile management - was, according to Edwards, "job
insurance" in case he wasn't accepted into to law school -- (He was.)
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Met his wife in law school, and they married in 1977; they have a 2-year-old
son, a 4-year-old daughter, and a daughter who is a student at Princeton University
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The Edwards' oldest son, Wade, died at age 16 (in 1996) in a car crash -
Edwards wears a lapel pin in remembrance of Wade
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