Austin J. Edwards
NJ · Trenton Board of Education Member
Trenton Board of Education member and civil rights lawyer who served as a New Jersey deputy attorney general and led the Trenton NAACP. His priorities are bringing good-paying jobs and freezing rents to lower housing costs.
Where Austin J. Edwards stands, based on their records
Supports
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (8 records), Civil Rights (3 records)
Track record
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 8 support
Wrote a newspaper opinion piece describing his work helping an immigrant family during a pre-dawn ICE raid in Trenton.
December 8, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: trentonian.com
Unveiled NAACP billboards telling Trenton residents how to get legal help if police abuse them, after the federal case against city police was dropped.
May 23, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: trentonian.com
Held an NAACP news conference at City Hall backing a civilian board to review police complaints in Trenton.
February 17, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: trentonian.com
Spoke for the Trenton school board's 'Safe Zone' policy, adopted without dissent, which bars immigration agents from schools without a judge's warrant.
February 10, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: trentonjournal.com
Took about 20 Trenton residents to interviews with federal investigators looking into abuse by city police units.
November 26, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: trentonian.com
Called for Trenton Police Director Steve Wilson to resign or be fired after a U.S. Justice Department report found a pattern of rights violations.
November 25, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: trentonian.com
Helped run a free event in Trenton to help people clear old criminal records, called Return and Restore; he later held it yearly.
June 9, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: trentonian.com
Spoke out as Trenton NAACP president against police treatment of a homeless resident caught on video, calling it part of a wider problem.
February 5, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: trentonian.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 3 support
Spoke for the Trenton school board's 'Safe Zone' policy, adopted without dissent, which bars immigration agents from schools without a judge's warrant.
February 10, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: trentonjournal.com
Took about 20 Trenton residents to interviews with federal investigators looking into abuse by city police units.
November 26, 2024Supports Civil Rights
Source: trentonian.com
Led the Trenton NAACP's Souls to the Polls event to get residents out to vote early.
October 30, 2024Supports Civil Rights
Source: trentonian.com
Track record — General
General · 3 records
Was endorsed for Trenton mayor by Run for Something, a national group that backs young progressive candidates.
October 6, 2026
Source: directory.runforsomething.net
As board chair of the Trenton Downtown Association, announced Tom Rust as the group's new executive director.
May 2, 2025
Source: trentonian.com
Was named to Mercer County Executive-elect Dan Benson's transition team.
December 4, 2023
Source: trentonian.com
Past race Austin J. Edwards ran in:
- Mayor · November 3, 2026 · Trenton city, New Jersey