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”’Keith Edwards”’ (born February 20, 1985) is an American media personality and [[political strategist]] known for his work in political communications.<ref name=CBSNews10.11.20a>{{Cite web |title=The Lincoln Project’s Social Guru Keith Edwards on Going Viral |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-lincoln-projects-social-guru-keith-edwards-on-going-viral/|date=October 11, 2020|access-date=October 14, 2025|publisher=[[CBS News]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=CBSNews10.11.20b>{{Cite web |title=The Man Behind The Lincoln Project’s Viral Social Media, Keith Edwards – 60 Minutes |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-lincoln-project-republican-social-media-trump-60-minutes-2020-10-11|date=October 11, 2020|access-date=October 14, 2025|website=[[CBS News]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

”’Keith Edwards”’ is an American media personality and [[political strategist]] known for his work in political communications.<ref name=CBSNews10.11.20a>{{Cite web |title=The Lincoln Project’s Social Guru Keith Edwards on Going Viral |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-lincoln-projects-social-guru-keith-edwards-on-going-viral/|date=October 11, 2020|access-date=October 14, 2025|publisher=[[CBS News]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=CBSNews10.11.20b>{{Cite web |title=The Man Behind The Lincoln Project’s Viral Social Media, Keith Edwards – 60 Minutes |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-lincoln-project-republican-social-media-trump-60-minutes-2020-10-11|date=October 11, 2020|access-date=October 14, 2025|website=[[CBS News]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Early life ==

== Early life ==

Edwards was born in 1985 in [[Oakland, California]], but lived much of his formative years in [[Detroit, Michigan]]. He began his career as associate producer in the [[television production]] reality shows [[The Real Housewives of Miami]] and [[Wicked Single]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.famousfix.com/topic/the-real-housewives-of-miami/crew |title=The Real Housewives of Miami Crew Members List – FamousFix |access-date=2025-08-12 |via=www.famousfix.com}}</ref>

He began his career as associate producer in the [[television production]] reality shows [[The Real Housewives of Miami]] and [[Wicked Single]].{{}}

== Career ==

== Career ==

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American media personality and political strategist (born 1985)

Keith Edwards is an American media personality and political strategist known for his work in political communications.^[1][2]

He began his career as associate producer in the television production reality shows The Real Housewives of Miami and Wicked Single.^{[citation needed]}

In 2019, he moved from production to political strategy co-ordination, joining the communications team of New York city council speaker, Corey Johnson.^[2]

In 2020, he worked on Michael Bloomberg‘s 2020 United States presidential campaign. He was later appointed the Director of Communications for The Lincoln Project.^[3][4][5] The Lincoln Project are Republicans who stood against Donald Trump in the 2020 and 2024 United States presidential elections.^[4][6][7] He led the anti-Trump ads from fellow Republicans.^[8][9][10] Edwards was profiled on CBS‘s 60 Minutes about this work.^[11]

Following the 2020 election, Edwards later served as a senior digital advisor for Jon Ossoff‘s senate camapign in Georgia,^[12] and then in 2022, he was Communications Director for Nikki Fried’s gubernatorial campaign in Florida.^[13][14] He has since interviewed Michigan state senator Mallory McMorrow,^[12] California Senator Adam Schiff and U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg. He also writes a newsletter on Substack titled No Lies Detected.^[15]

Edwards was named one of Wired’s influencers shaping the 2024 election,^[16] and was among the group of influencers invited to attend the State of the Union briefing at the White House by Joe Biden.^[17] He was one of 200 influencers invited to the 2024 Democratic National Convention.^[18][19] His work and analysis has been cited in outlets including The Washington Post, Washington Blade, CNN, The New Yorker, CBS News, Newsweek, and New York Magazine.^[20][21][1]

In 2024, he created a political commentary YouTube channel, which has 1 million subscribers as of October 2025. The channel provides daily news updates with commentary and contains interviews with figures such as Representative Ro Khanna, Donald Trump’s niece Mary L. Trump and Texas Democratic state representative and pastor James Talarico.