Edward Jerome Tarver (born July 22, 1959) is an American lawyer who served as the

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for the Southern District of Georgia. A Democrat, Tarver is a former

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. He was a candidate for the

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in the 2020 special election in Georgia, receiving 0.5 percent of the vote in the

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Early life and education

Tarver attended Augusta College and graduated in 1981. He joined the

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and served as a field artillery officer before attending the

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, graduating in 1991.

Career

He served as a

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for

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Dudley H. Bowen Jr. after graduating from law school. Tarver represented the 22nd district in the

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, 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. He considered running for the

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to the

as a member of the

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. In February 2020, he registered to run in the 2020 special election. 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

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. In the first round of the election, Tarver finished 14th out of 20 candidates with 26,333 or 0.54% of the vote.

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Early life and education

Career

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