Lanham, Maryland - Democrat Donna Edwards, best known for defeating incumbent Rep. Albert R. Wynn in a February primary, defeated Republican Peter James in Tuesday's special election in Maryland's 4th District.
She will serve out the rest of Wynn's term until early January 2009. Wynn left Congress on May 31, taking a job at a local Washington D.C. lobbying and law firm.
The first African-American woman elected to Congress in the state's history, Edwards' victory in the suburban Washington D.C. district will give her a head start on seniority over freshmen elected in November.
"I am just going to do a job and go work for you," Edwards said in a speech Tuesday night at a local International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union hall.
Edwards reminisced about picnicking with her family as a young girl on the Capitol grounds. "It is so amazing to me that I am going to call that my workplace," she said.
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