Chuck Edwards

Republican Representative of North Carolina's 11th district

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@RepEdwards

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September 13, 1960 (64 years old)

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Serving as the U.S. representative for North Carolina’s 11th congressional district since 2023
Served in the North Carolina Senate representing the 48th district from 2016 to 2023
Graduated from West Henderson High School and studied business, accounting, and marketing at Blue Ridge Community College
Worked at McDonald’s in various capacities from 1989 to 1998, including operations manager and senior business consultant
Became a director of Entegra Financial Corporation in 2013; Entegra merged with First Citizens Bank in 2020
Appointed to the North Carolina Senate in August 2016, won elections in 2016, 2018, and 2020
Defeated incumbent Madison Cawthorn in the 2022 Republican primary for the U.S. House of Representatives
Voted to provide Israel with support following the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel
Introduced legislation in January 2024 to prevent immigrants from being counted in the U.S. census for congressional apportionment purposes
Sanctioned by the House of Representatives Communications Standards Commission in April 2024 for making personal attacks against President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden
Married to Teresa Edwards, with whom he had two children, one of whom died from a self-inflicted gunshot after a period of untreated depression