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In 2018, Representative Edmonds obtained passage of the "Protection of Adoption Act", which seeks to clarify policies in the previously unregulated field of [[adoption]]. Edmonds said that "existing law was ambiguous. … This act provides a framework so that adoption is not so confusing." No legislator opposed Edmonds' bill, and [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]] signed it into law.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_06415b62-684e-11e8-a70a-b71aab5f805f.html?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=07fc51fb-af8b-485d-b758-a7b512b852f0|title=New 'Adoption Option Act' to ease adoptions in Louisiana celebrated at the State Capitol|date=Jun3e 4, 2018|author=Mark Ballard|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=June 6, 2018}}</ref>

In 2018, Representative Edmonds obtained passage of the "Protection of Adoption Act", which seeks to clarify policies in the previously unregulated field of [[adoption]]. Edmonds said that "existing law was ambiguous. … This act provides a framework so that adoption is not so confusing." No legislator opposed Edmonds' bill, and [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]] signed it into law.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_06415b62-684e-11e8-a70a-b71aab5f805f.html?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=07fc51fb-af8b-485d-b758-a7b512b852f0|title=New 'Adoption Option Act' to ease adoptions in Louisiana celebrated at the State Capitol|date=Jun3e 4, 2018|author=Mark Ballard|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=June 6, 2018}}</ref>

Edmonds was an unsuccessful candidate in the special election held on November 6, 2018, to fill the year remaining in the term of former Louisiana Secretary of State [[Tom Schedler]], who resigned in the spring amidst charges of [[sexual harassment]]. The two top vote-getters in the election, the interim incumbent [[Kyle Ardoin]] and the African-American court administrator, Gwen Collins-Greenup of Clinton, Louisiana, meet in a runoff scheduled for December 8. Others eliminated from the race with Edmonds were his legislative colleague [[Julie Stokes]] of Kenner in Jefferson Parish, and former representative and state Senator Almond Gaston "A. G." Crowe, Jr. of Pearl River in St. Tammany Parish. Renee Fontenot Free, who has experience in the offices of both the secretary of state and the Louisiana attorney general, is the official choice of the Louisiana Democratic Executive Committee, finished third in the balloting, behind Ardoin and Collins-Greenup, who then picked up the endorsement for the runoff from the Democratic committee. Had he been elected, Edmonds vowed that he would have taken a "watchdog mentality to the secretary of state’s office by doing everything I can to fight against any and all attempts to weaken secure voting. Only Americans who live in Louisiana should be voting. And, when Louisianans vote, their vote should count. End of story."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2018/07/05/secretary-state-see-whos-whos-out-race/759474002/|title=Secretary of state race: See who's in, who's out|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|date=July 5, 2018|accessdate=July 6, 2018}}</ref>

Edmonds was an unsuccessful candidate in the special election held on November 6, 2018, to fill the year remaining in the term of former Louisiana Secretary of State [[Tom Schedler]], who resigned in the spring amidst charges of [[sexual harassment]]. The two top vote-getters in the election, the interim incumbent [[Kyle Ardoin]] and the African-American court administrator, Gwen Collins-Greenup of Clinton, met in a runoff held on December 8. Others eliminated from the race with Edmonds were his legislative colleague [[Julie Stokes]] of Kenner in Jefferson Parish, and former representative and state Senator Almond Gaston "A. G." Crowe, Jr. of Pearl River in St. Tammany Parish. Renee Fontenot Free, who has experience in the offices of both the secretary of state and the Louisiana attorney general, was the official choice of the Louisiana Democratic Executive Committee, but she finished third in the balloting, behind Ardoin and Collins-Greenup, who then picked up the endorsement for the runoff from the Democratic committee. Had he been elected, Edmonds vowed that he would have taken a "watchdog mentality to the secretary of state’s office by doing everything I can to fight against any and all attempts to weaken secure voting. Only Americans who live in Louisiana should be voting. And, when Louisianans vote, their vote should count. End of story."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2018/07/05/secretary-state-see-whos-whos-out-race/759474002/|title=Secretary of state race: See who's in, who's out|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|date=July 5, 2018|accessdate=July 6, 2018}}</ref>

In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019, Edmonds handily won reelection. With 12,961 votes (70 percent), he overwhelmed two opponents, Democrat Morgan Lamandre, who received 5,015 votes (27 percent), and the [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]] David Smith, who drew 646 votes (3 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>   

In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019, Edmonds handily won reelection. With 12,961 votes (70 percent), he overwhelmed two opponents, Democrat Morgan Lamandre, who received 5,015 votes (27 percent), and the [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]] nominee, David Smith, who drew 646 votes (3 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>   

   

   

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