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Al Edwards, who was a mediocre, if colorful, member of the Texas House of Representatives for too long, wants his old job back. Edwards represented a predominantly African American district in central Houston for 26 years, and was defeated in the 2006 Democratic primary by businessman Borris Miles.

Edwards sent out an email laying out the case for his candidacy. His case? In short: he wants to keep his district from going to the Republicans (after all, the district only gave Maria Luisa Alarado 67% of the vote against David Dewhurst in 2006), he invented Juneteenth, and he wants to protect the people of his district from eminent domain. Seriously. Check out his website for more of his salutary accomplishments. My favorite part: his bio calls him "Former Texas Honorable Al Edwards." Former?

Oddly enough, he neglects to mention his critical role in protecting Texans from sexy cheerleading, which he identified as the cause of the most of the state's ills, including "the herpes" and AIDS. His efforts were covered by the national media, including this memorable segment from The Daily Show With Jon Stewart:



He also neglected to mention that he was a Craddick D. I wonder if he'll bring that up in his campaign?