Donna Edwards said she would work to achieve affordable health care, establish an effective transportation system and close the economic gap as she revived a bid to unseat Rep. Albert Wynn that fell just short last year.
“I envision when I get into Congress, I’m going to be very focused on those things and education,” Edwards told The Examiner as she announced her candidacy late last week.
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On Saturday, Edwards officially kicked off her campaign for the Fourth District seat, which includes much of Prince George’s County and a slice of Montgomery County. Last year, in her first run for public office, Edwards came within about 2,000 votes of unseating Wynn in the Democratic primary.
“Unfortunately, we’ve been represented by a member of Congress who is entrenched and has voted against the interests of our district and, in fact, our country during his tenure,” Edwards said.
Edwards centered her previous campaign on her displeasure with Wynn’s initial backing of the war in Iraq and his distance from the Democratic Party.
This time around, Edwards said, she is going to spend more time campaigning.
“It’s going to take more time,” she said. “That’s why I’m giving it more time than before.”
According to Edwards, she will knock on doors and “make as many telephone calls as possible.”
A Fort Washington resident, Edwards is a community activist, a lawyer and the executive director of the Washington-based Arca Foundation, which gives grants to nonprofits that work on public policy issues.
A Wynn spokeswoman didn’t return a call seeking comment.
