24 Facts About Drew Edmondson

William Andrew Edmondson was born on October 12,1946 and is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Oklahoma.

Drew Edmondson was defeated twice in campaigns for US Congress in Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district, where his father Ed Edmondson served from 1953 to 1973.

Drew Edmondson was defeated twice in statewide races for Governor of Oklahoma.

In 2010, Drew Edmondson was defeated by Jari Askins in an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic Party nomination for governor.

Drew Edmondson was the Democratic nominee for governor in 2018, but was defeated by Republican nominee Kevin Stitt in the general election.

Drew Edmondson was born in Washington, DC, on October 12,1946, and is the son of former US Congressman Ed Edmondson and June Edmondson.

Drew Edmondson is a nephew of former governor J Howard Edmondson.

Drew Edmondson's brother, James E Edmondson is a justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

From 1968 to 1972, Drew Edmondson served in the United States Navy including a year of duty during the Vietnam War.

Drew Edmondson graduated from the University of Tulsa Law School in 1978.

Drew Edmondson was reelected without opposition in 1986 and 1990.

Drew Edmondson resigned halfway through his third term, to run for Congress in 1992.

Drew Edmondson was elected to a third term in 2002, defeating state Corporation Commissioner Denise Bode.

In 2001, Edmondson became involved in a legal dispute with then-governor Frank Keating over the Governor's restructuring of his Cabinet, winning a state Supreme Court ruling that Keating had no authority to restructure his Cabinet without legislative approval in the case of Keating v Edmondson.

When Oklahoma City Police Department chemist Joyce Gilchrist was accused of falsifying evidence in hundreds of cases, Attorney General Drew Edmondson was asked to appoint independent counsel to investigate and refused to do so.

In October 2007, Drew Edmondson charged term limits and initiative rights activist Paul Jacob and two others on the grounds that they had illegally used out-of-state petitioners to collect signatures on a ballot initiative.

Drew Edmondson was elected to a fourth term in the 2006 election, running against Republican James Dunn.

Drew Edmondson did not seek reelection to a fifth term in 2010, choosing instead to run for governor and eventually losing in the primary to Lieutenant Governor Jari Askins.

Drew Edmondson announced on June 10,2009, his candidancy for Governor of Oklahoma.

On May 1,2017, Drew Edmondson announced his second run for Governor of Oklahoma.

On March 6,2009, Drew Edmondson was honored by his alma mater Northeastern State University with a 100 Centurion award.

The Drew Edmondson family is well known for running for office and election participation within their families in Oklahoma political history.

In 1995, Drew Edmondson's niece, Sarah Drew Edmondson participated in a "Natural Born Killers" copycat crime spree with her boyfriend, Benjamin James Darras.

In November 1998, Sarah Drew Edmondson was sentenced to 35-years in prison for her role in the crime spree.