Ed Tarver
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia
In office
December 2009 – March 10, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byEdmund Booth
Succeeded byBobby Christine
Member of the Georgia State Senate
from the 22nd district
In office
September 27, 2005 – November 9, 2009
Preceded byJames Hall[1]
Succeeded byHardie Davis[2]
Personal details
Born
Edward Jerome Tarver

(1959-07-22) July 22, 1959 (age 64)
Killeen, Texas, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseCarol Thompson
EducationAugusta State University (BA)
University of Georgia (JD)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Years of service1982–1989
RankCaptain

Edward Jerome Tarver[3] (born July 22, 1959)[4] is an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. A Democrat, Tarver is a former Georgia State Senator.[5] He was a candidate for the United States Senate in the 2020 special election in Georgia, receiving 0.5 percent of the vote in the jungle primary.

Early life and education

Tarver attended Augusta College and graduated in 1981. He joined the United States Army and served as a field artillery officer before attending the University of Georgia School of Law, graduating in 1991.[6][7]

Career

He served as a law clerk for United States federal judge Dudley H. Bowen Jr. after graduating from law school.[8]

Tarver represented the 22nd district in the Georgia State Senate,[9][6][8] taking office in 2005. He was sworn in as United States Attorney in December 2009, becoming the first African American United States Attorney from the Southern District of Georgia.[10] He considered running for the 2016 election to the United States Senate as a member of the Democratic Party.[11] In February 2020, he registered to run in the 2020 special election.[12][13][14] Despite early polls showing him with the support of up to 5% of voters, Tarver failed to gain traction in the primary as Democrats rallied around eventual winner Raphael Warnock. In the first round of the election, Tarver finished 14th out of 20 candidates with 26,333 or 0.54% of the vote.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Member". October 26, 2019. Archived from the original on October 26, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  2. ^ "Member". October 26, 2019. Archived from the original on October 26, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  3. ^ "National Association of Former United States Attorneys". October 26, 2019. Archived from the original on October 26, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  4. ^ Hubbell, Martindale (April 1997). Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory: Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho (Volume 6 – 1997). Martindale-Hubbell. ISBN 9781561602223.
  5. ^ "Augusta GA Attorneys | Ed Enoch & Edward Tarver | Enoch and Tarver". June 18, 2019. Archived from the original on June 18, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  6. ^ a b "U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia honored by ASU". Archived from the original on January 25, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  7. ^ "Edward J. Tarver, Southern District of Georgia | USAO | Department of Justice". February 23, 2016. Archived from the original on February 23, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  8. ^ a b Skutch, Jan (December 17, 2009). "Edward Tarver promises to do 'absolutely the best job'". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  9. ^ "Member". October 26, 2019. Archived from the original on October 26, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  10. ^ Folk, Adam (December 19, 2009). "Tarver sworn in as U.S. attorney". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  11. ^ Bluestein, Greg (January 16, 2016). "Democrat Ed Tarver eyes a potential Senate bid". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  12. ^ McCord, Susan. "Ed Tarver registers campaign for U.S. Senate". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  13. ^ "Support Ed Tarver for US Senate | Georgia Needs a Senator with Honor and Integrity". Georgia 2020 - Tarver for Senate. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  14. ^ Russ Bynum. "Former U.S. prosecutor Ed Tarver plans to oppose Georgia's new senator". The Augusta Chronicle. Associated Press. Retrieved November 19, 2020.

External links

Media related to Ed Tarver at Wikimedia Commons

Georgia State Senate Preceded byJames Randal Hall Member of the Georgia State Senatefrom the 22nd district 2005–2009 Succeeded byHardie Davis Legal offices Preceded byEdmund Booth U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia 2009–2017 Succeeded byBobby Christine


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