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Sexiest Politician: John Edwards Trivia  
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Johnny Reid "John" Edwards was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2004, and a one-term U.S. Senator from North Carolina. On December 27, 2006, he announced his entry into the 2008 Presidential election.

	July 6, 2004, accepted the Vice Presidential nomination on Kerry's ticket.
	Announced his official withdrawal at a Raleigh, North Carolina press conference on March 3, 2004.
	Indicated on January 28, 2004 that he has no interest in running as vice president.
	Edwards' campaign was often characterized by the American news media as populist; his stump speech spoke of "two Americas;" one composed of the wealthy and privileged, and the other of the hard-working common man.
	September 15, 2003, Edwards unofficially announced his intention to seek the 2004 Democratic Presidential nomination, on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
	Serves on several Senate committees, including the Intelligence and Judicial committees.
	November 2000, People magazine named him as its choice for the "sexiest politician."
	During the 2000 Presidential campaign, Edwards made Democratic nominee Al Gore's Vice Presidential nominee short list (along with John Kerry and Joe Lieberman, Gore's eventual pick).
	His skill as a trial attorney was evident during President Bill Clinton's 1999 Senate impeachment trial. Was responsible for the deposition of witnesses Monica Lewinsky and Vernon Jordan, played a critical role in the Senate proceedings that eventually ended in the President's acquittal.
	Won election to the U.S. Senate in 1998 by defeating the favored incumbent Republican, Lauch Faircloth.
	Before entering politics, was a successful trial attorney who represented families and children that had allegedly been wrongly injured by negligent corporate manufacturers and municipal entities.
	Family resides in Raleigh, North Carolina and Washington DC; Edwards also owns a beach home near Wilmington, North Carolina and ~100 acres of land near Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
	Following Wade's death, with his wife chose to have children again; their two youngest, Emma Claire (1999) and Jack (2001) were conceived with the aid of fertility treatments.
	Just one month prior to the beginning of testimony in the Lakey case in 1996, lost his 16-year-old son, Wade, in an automobile accident.
	Wears Wade's Outward Bound pin on his suit jacket.
	Their first two, Wade and Catharine, were born soon after John and Elizabeth's marriage.
	Edwards and his wife Elizabeth have had four children.
	While at UNC-Chapel Hill, met and married his wife, fellow law student Elizabeth Anania.
	When he started his legal career, began using the name John rather than Johnny.
	Graduated with a bachelor's degree in textile technology in 1974, and later earned a law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, both with honors.
	Briefly attended Clemson University in South Carolina, where he was passed over for a football scholarship, before transferring to North Carolina State University.
	Was the first person in his family to attend college.

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