EDWARDS, Chuck, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Waynesville, Haywood County, N.C., September 13, 1960; graduated from West Henderson High School, Hendersonville, N.C., 1978; attended Blue Ridge Community College,, Flat Rock, N.C., 1979-1983; business owner; entrepreneur; member of the North Carolina state senate, 2016-2022; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress (January 3, 2023-present).