Amanda is from Aldine, Texas. She attended Eisenhower High School. She has a bachelor's degree in political science from Emory University and a juris doctor from Harvard Law School. She lives in the Acres Homes neighborhood of Houston. She attends St. Monica Catholic Church.

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Amanda is from Houston. She has a bachelor's degree in political science from Emory University and a law degree from Harvard University. She attends St. Monica Catholic Church.

Amanda is an attorney. She works at Bracewell LLP, where she has been since 2012. She previously worked at Vinson and Elkins from 2008 to 2012, served as a judicial law clerk for the U.S. District Court from 2007 to 2008, and was a summer associate at Arnold & Porter in 2006.

Amanda currently works as the principal of the Community Based Solutions Firm. She previously worked as an attorney for Bracewell LLP and Vinson & Elkins.

Amanda Edwards was elected at-large to the Houston City Council in 2015 and served from 2016 to 2020. She is now making her third run for the U.S. House in Texas’s 18th Congressional District: she ran in the 2024 Democratic primary and did not win, and she sought the Democratic nomination through a precinct chair vote after the death of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee but was not selected.

Amanda previously served as a member of the Houston City Council. She was first elected in 2015 and served one term. Amanda ran for U.S. representative for Texas' 18th district in 2026 and 2024, and U.S. senator from Texas in 2020, but did not win.

Supports expanding access to capital, training, and resources for small business owners.

Supports strengthening workers' rights to unionize and collectively bargain, and opposes efforts to weaken worker protections.

Supports fighting for a true living wage so hardworking Americans can earn enough to support their families.

Supports creating opportunities for workers by expanding apprenticeship programs and introducing innovative approaches to job training.

Supports right-sizing housing supply by expanding federal support for housing planning and incentivizing the construction of new housing.

Supports developing innovative solutions to protect residents from gentrification and displacement, and advocates for increased resources for CDBG programs.

Supports solutions to protect residents from displacement, and advocates for increased resources for Community Development Block Grant programs.

- Supports expanding access to capital, training, and resources for small business owners.
- Supports strengthening workers' rights to unionize and collectively bargain, and opposes efforts to weaken worker protections.
- Supports fighting for a living wage.
- Supports creating opportunities for workers by expanding apprenticeship programs and introducing innovative approaches to job training.
- Supports right-sizing housing supply by expanding federal support for housing planning and incentivizing the construction of new housing.
- Supports solutions to protect residents from displacement, and advocates for increased resources for Community Development Block Grant programs.

Economy

For Candidate Amanda Edwards on Issue public-safety:  
Advocates for community-led training and resources to support community policing practices that build trust and collaboration between law enforcement and communities.

Advocates for community-led training and resources to support community policing practices that build trust and collaboration between law enforcement and communities.

Supports reforms included in the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act to enhance law enforcement accountability.

Supports common-sense gun control measures, including mandatory background checks and a federal red flag law.

Supports gun control, including mandatory background checks and a federal red flag law.

Supports the expansion of community violence intervention programs to enhance community safety.

- Advocates for community-led training and resources to support community policing practices that build trust and collaboration between law enforcement and communities.
- Supports reforms included in the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act to enhance law enforcement accountability.
- Supports gun control, including mandatory background checks and a federal red flag law.
- Supports the expansion of community violence intervention programs to enhance community safety.

Public Safety

Advocates for healthcare access for everyone by addressing gaps in Affordable Care Act coverage and lowering prescription drug prices and premiums.

Supports preserving Medicare, Social Security, and other benefits for seniors, and defends these programs against cuts.

Supports addressing Black maternal mortality and expanding access to healthcare for communities of color through research funding and care initiatives.

For Candidate Amanda Edwards on Issue healthcare:  
Supports expanding HIPAA to protect the privacy of medical decisions, particularly regarding women's reproductive health.

Supports expanding Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) protections to protect the privacy of medical decisions, particularly regarding women's reproductive health.

Supports codifying the protections of Roe v. Wade at the federal level.

Supports protections against bounty-style abortion bans to prevent the stalking or hunting of individuals seeking abortion care.

Supports protections against bounty-style abortion bans to "prevent the stalking or hunting of individuals seeking abortion care."

- Advocates for healthcare access for everyone by addressing gaps in Affordable Care Act coverage and lowering prescription drug prices and premiums.
- Supports preserving Medicare, Social Security, and other benefits for seniors, and defends these programs against cuts.
- Supports addressing Black maternal mortality and expanding access to healthcare for communities of color through research funding and care initiatives.
- Supports expanding Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) protections to protect the privacy of medical decisions, particularly regarding women's reproductive health.
- Supports access to abortion.
- Supports protections against bounty-style abortion bans to "prevent the stalking or hunting of individuals seeking abortion care."

Healthcare

Supports tackling the soaring costs of higher education, championing initiatives for community colleges, and funding innovative education initiatives in neighborhood schools.

Supports expanding career and technical education by funding high school career pathways programs and strengthening partnerships with community colleges and employers to ensure students graduate with college credits, industry certifications, or clear employment pathways.

- Supports tackling the soaring costs of higher education, championing initiatives for community colleges, and funding innovative education initiatives in neighborhood schools.
- Supports expanding career and technical education by funding high school career pathways programs and strengthening partnerships with community colleges and employers to ensure students graduate with college credits, industry certifications, or clear employment pathways.

Education

Supports policies that combat climate change, emphasizing its severe threats to community longevity.

Supports fighting for environmental justice and developing equitable solutions for communities affected by environmental injustice and health issues.

- Supports policies that combat climate change, emphasizing its severe threats to community longevity.
- Supports fighting for environmental justice and developing equitable solutions for communities affected by environmental injustice and health issues.

Energy & the Environment

Supports expanding and protecting voting rights and addressing gerrymandering that suppresses votes of Black and Latino communities.

Supports expanding and protecting voting rights and opposes gerrymandering, the practice of drawing voting districts in a way that gives one political party or candidate an advantage over others.

- Supports expanding and protecting voting rights and opposes gerrymandering, the practice of drawing voting districts in a way that gives one political party or candidate an advantage over others.

Voting & Elections

As of January 22, 2026, Amanda Edwards’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Supports expanding federal support for housing planning and incentivizing the construction of new housing to right-size the housing supply.

Supports efforts to maintain the integrity of the 18th Congressional District against redistricting that aims to diminish the voting power of Black and Latino Texans.

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