First elected Attorney General in 1994, and was re-elected in 1998, 2002 and 2006, winning more than 60 percent of the vote in his last two elections.
Northeastern State University, B.A. (1968); University of Tulsa School of Law (1976)
Edmondson grew up in Washington, D.C. and Muskogee, Okla. His father, Ed Edmondson, was an FBI agent-turned-veteran congressman from Oklahoma, serving from 1953-72. He lost U.S. Senate bids in 1972, 1974, and 1978, the last to then-Governor David Boren, currently president of University of Oklahoma. The federal courthouse in Muskogee is named for Ed Edmondson.
Drew's brother, James, is a member of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, appointed by Democrat Governor Brad Henry in 2003. James & Drew were law partners from 1981-83.
Drew's uncle and Ed's brother, James Howard Edmondson served as governor of Oklahoma from 1959-63 and represented the state in the U.S. Senate (1963-64).
Drew Edmondson served one term in the Oklahoma Legislature before entering the University of Tulsa School of Law in 1976
He was elected to three consecutive terms as Muskogee County District Attorney in 1982, 1986 and 1990
Most of the judges on the New Mexico Court of Appeals get a failing grade when it comes to the "expansion of liability," according to a judicial evaluation report.
