Edwin Edwards, the 86-year-old ex-con and former Louisiana governor, is seeking public office again. Today, Edwards announced he was running for the state's 6th Congressional District. The Times ...

Edwin Edwards released a statement several hours after she died, saying they were married for 40 years, "and she was a great asset to me as governor during my first three terms. She spent a great deal ...

A populist firebrand of Louisiana politics has died. Four-term Democratic Gov. Edwin Edwards, who also served prison time for corruption, died Monday at his home in Gonzales, La. He was 93. A ...

Former Gov. Edwin Edwards, the charismatic rogue who served four terms in the Capitol as well as a stint in federal prison for corruption, can still pack a room. More than 500 people, among them ...

She was a Washington Mardi Gras queen, a model, an actress, a high school teacher – and the second oldest child of Edwin Edwards, the only four-term governor in Louisiana history. Now at 71, Victoria ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Mourners steadily filed by the flag-draped open casket of former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards on Saturday, saying their farewells at a public viewing in the marble-trimmed main ...

Even behind bars, Edwin Edwards has people talking. The imprisoned former Louisiana governor's official biography is arriving on bookstore shelves just in time to be wrapped and tucked under Christmas ...

Under the state Constitution Edwin Edwards will be almost 100 before he is allowed to run for a fifth term as governor. The implications should be obvious. We must draft a constitutional amendment and ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Louisiana's only four-term governor, Edwin Edwards, is turning 90-years-old on Aug. 7. To say he is a colorful character is an understatement. Edwards, who was always dogged by ...

Edwards was the last in a long line of colorful populist Democrats who once dominated Louisiana politics. He served four terms as governor, and... Edwin Edwards, The Larger-Than-Life Former Louisiana ...