Editing Chet Edwards (section)

===Texas Senate===
Edwards was elected to the [[Texas Senate]] in 1983, and served until 1990, representing [[Texas Senate, District 9|District 9]]. He was the youngest member at age 30. In the Texas Senate, Edwards was a member of the Senate Education Committee which oversaw class size reduction in public schools. He was also on the Health and Human Resources Committee, chaired the Senate Nominations Committee, the Texas Sunset Commission, a joint commission which reviews state agencies on a 12-year rotation, and the Texas Election Code Revision Committee. Edwards was also a member of the Committee on Business, Technology, and Education. He received the “Texas Business” award during the 68th Regular Session as one of three outstanding freshman legislators, and was named by ''[[Texas Monthly]]'' as one of the "Ten Outstanding Legislators" during his tenure.<ref name="GovtBio" /><ref name=EdwardsTX/>