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June 18, 2008

Foundation Leader Wins Congressional Seat

Donna Edwards will soon be reporting to a new office in Washington.

Ms. Edwards, the executive director of the Arca Foundation in Washington, won a special election Tuesday to represent Maryland’s Fourth Congressional District in Congress.

The Democrat had defeated Rep. Albert R. Wynn, who now holds the seat, in the Maryland primary in February. After his loss, Mr. Wynn decided to vacate his seat to allow Ms. Edwards to get a jump start in her new role — provided she was able to win Tuesday’s special election.

Because Ms. Edwards lives in a largely Democratic district, she was heavily favored to defeat Republican nominee Peter James.

Ms. Edwards and Mr. James will go head-to-head again in November’s general election.

But for now, at least, she is relishing her victory, which makes her Maryland’s first black female member of Congress.

“It really didn’t hit us about the element of history, but what it says is that we’re ready for change and for people who represent all of us,” Ms. Edwards told The Baltimore Sun.

— Peter Panepento

Wednesday June 18, 2008 | Permalink

Comments

1. Wynn didn’t vacate his seat to give her a jump start! Because voters in his district (like myself) exercised their constitutional rights and chose her over him in the primary, he abandoned his constituents and left us temporarily without representation so he could start earning big bucks as a lawyer and lobbyist for his corporate cronies. Now you see why we chose Edwards.

   — Beth Kantrowitz    Jun 19, 03:07 PM    #

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