Editing Chet Edwards (section)

===2008===
{{See also|2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas#District 17}}
In November 2008, Edwards was reelected, defeating Republican Rob Curnock, a [[Waco, Texas|Waco]] video business owner, with 53 percent of the vote.<ref>David Doerr, [http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/01/03/01032008waccurnock.html?imw=Y "Republican, two Libertarians file to vie with Democrat Edwards for congressional seat"]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''Waco Tribune-Herald'', January 3, 2008</ref> [[John McCain]] carried the 17th with 67 percent of the vote.