Randall Edwards (politician)
| Randall Edwards | |
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| 26th Oregon State Treasurer | |
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In office January 1, 2001 – January 4, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Hill |
| Succeeded by | Ben Westlund |
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Oregon State Representative District 15 (Portland) |
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In office 1997–2001 |
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| Preceded by | Lisa Naito |
| Succeeded by | Steve March |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 13, 1961 Eugene, Oregon, U.S. |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Julia Brim-Edwards |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Alma mater | George Washington University |
| Occupation | Politician |
Randall Edwards (born August 13, 1961) is an American politician who most recently served as the state treasurer of the state of Oregon. A Democrat, Edwards was elected as treasurer in 2000, and reelected in 2004, after serving two terms in the Oregon Legislative Assembly. He served as a manager and senior advisor at the state treasury from 1992–1996, and was an International Trade Analyst for the U.S. Commerce Department.
Edwards was born in Eugene, Oregon, USA, but spent much of his childhood in Walla Walla, Washington, where his father, Tom Edwards, a history professor, took a position on the faculty of Whitman College and his mother continued her 20-year career as a public school teacher.
The young Edwards showed little interest in politics, and although described as bright and popular, but reserved, shunned the attention of involvement in student government. He applied himself, instead, to his studies, and pursuit of competitive tennis, and mastery of classical cello. His father would later comment to the press that he had never imagined that his son would ever take to the rough and tumble world of politics. "Over the years, as a college professor, I tried to get people interested in politics, but they rejected it," said the retired professor, now living near his son in Portland. "What I didn't realize was that one of my own children would do what I was trying to get my students to do."
Edwards went on to Colorado College, graduating in 1983 with a bachelor's degree in economics, before joining U.S. Senator Bob Packwood's constituent services staff in Washington, D.C., and working on agricultural issues. There, he met Julia Brim, a Packwood press aide, who would become his wife.
Edwards took a job at the Commerce Department, working on timber management policy, and attended George Washington University at night, earning an MBA in 1990.
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