# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chet-edwards
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:46:41.897Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chet-edwards"
name: "Chet Edwards"
slug: "chet-edwards"
description: "Thomas Chester Edwards is an American politician who was a United States representative from Texas, representing a district based in Waco, from 1991 to 2011. Previously, he served in the Texas Senate from 1983 to 1990. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Edwards was on Barack Obama's vice presidential shortlist in 2008."
tagline: "American politician in Texas (born 1951)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chet_Edwards%2C_official_109th_Congress_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1951-11-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Chet Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chet Edwards"
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    title: "Chet Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Edwards"
    title: "Chet Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chet Edwards"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump