Baton Rouge , Louisiana ( CNN ) -- It 's Sunday morning at the New Life Baptist Church in Baton Rouge , Louisiana , but the man preaching to the choir is no minister . `` My God is not finished with me yet , '' he tells the congregation . The man speaking is Edwin W. Edwards -- ex-four-term Louisiana governor , ex-four-term congressman and ex-con . `` I may be old and rancid butter , but I 'm on your side of the bread , '' he proclaims from the altar . Unrepentant and unapologetic , Edwards is in church not looking for forgiveness . The 87-year-old is looking for votes . After almost nine years in prison , the flamboyant showman of Louisiana politics has a fresh act -- running for Congress -- co-starring his 35-year-old wife , Trina , and their 1-year-old baby . This is his third marriage . Ex-governor , convict Edwin Edwards to run for Congress . Fifty years after his first stint on Capitol Hill , Edwards would no doubt rather be running for governor again . But he 's running for a seat in Congress because Louisiana law does n't allow felons to run for state office -- until they 've been out of prison for 15 years . By then , Edwards would be 98 -- so he 's taking this shot instead . Former Louisiana governor released from prison . His chances ? The district is now bright red , but never mind . Political experts think Edwards at least has a good shot of making it into a runoff because of his universal name recognition and the size of the field : he 's running against nine Republicans , two other Democrats and one Libertarian . If no candidate gets 50 % in November , the top two then will face off in December . `` He is gon na make the runoff hands-down unless some kinda Christmas morning miracle happens and pushes him out , '' says Jeremy Alford , publisher of LaPolitics.com . Edwards won the backing of state Democrats last week . While Edwards was happy to re-enter the political arena , his wife of four years was n't fully on board . Did she want him to run ? `` Not particularly . I would naturally support him in whatever he chose to do , '' Trina Edwards says . `` But it 's not really my thing . '' Edwards ' relationship with Trina began as his prison pen pal , which led to love at first sight when she visited him . `` I was expecting him to be angry or bitter , and he just was n't , '' she tells us . As for Edwards he recounts what she told him when they met . Edwards : Never profited from taxpayers . `` She said , 'If you do n't mind , I only live 30 minutes from here . I 'd like to come back and visit you . ' That 's like throwin ' a rubber raft to a drowning man . '' He went to prison in 2002 after a felony conviction of extorting millions in exchange for riverboat casino licenses -- and served his time . To this day , Edwards says he never took a dime from the taxpayers . `` In all this claptrap about how crooked I am and what I stole , nobody 's ever charged me , or accused me , of taking money from the taxpayers , '' he tells CNN . `` It had nothin ' to do with my career as a public official . Nothin . '' Former Louisiana Gov . Edwards gets 10 years in corruption case . After getting free in January 2011 , he and Trina married . Last year they had a son . So now Edwards is the father to children in their 60s , a wife half their age and a baby . `` He gets up with him in the morning , '' Trina Edwards says . `` He changed diapers . He bathes him , He puts his clothes on . He feeds him . '' If this seems like a reality TV show it was -- briefly -- entitled `` The Governor 's Wife '' on the A & E network . What was it like for them doing it ? `` It 's horrible , '' she says . His take : `` it was unbelievable . '' The couple now says the whole thing was kind of annoying . The critics and viewers agreed . They admit they are bit of an odd couple -- and it 's not just age . Trina is a Republican . Edwards is an old-time populist Democrat who wants to return to Congress exactly 50 years since his first stint there . When the 6th District congressional seat became open , he says he thought , `` That 's my chance . I 've got a second chance , and I 'm going to take it . And I 'm gon na surprise everyone . '' As for what he would say to those who ask about sending a convicted felon to Washington , `` People say , well , they 're all crooks anyhow . You might as well send an experienced one . '' The law finally catches up with Edwin Edwards .
Former Louisiana governor , congressman Edwin Edwards running for U.S. House . - Republican Party of Florida : former Governor Bob Graham and his wife Mary Lou are the party's nominee in this race. Edwards went to prison in 2002 for extorting millions for riverboat casino licenses .