Last March, Dana Edwards demonstrated that he had mastered an essential skill: he could count to four. Edwards became the Mayor of Narberth today because of his ability to do precisely that.
In January 2025, a prolific Facebook poster confidently mispredicted who would be sworn in as mayor today. The person he forecast as the next mayor claimed the backing of the outgoing mayor, a state representative, a state senator, and a county commissioner.
But Edwards—who had moved to Narberth only in 2021, when his wife, Miranda Chang, took a position at Merck—understood something his would-be rival (and the Facebook guy) may not have fully considered. When the time came for the six Narberth members of the Democratic Committee of Lower Merion and Narberth (DCLMN) to decide whom, if anyone, to endorse for mayor, the outgoing mayor, the state representative, the state senator, and the county commissioner would collectively cast exactly zero votes.
By then, Edwards himself was a member of the committee. He had learned enough about the endorsement process to know that securing the endorsement required 50 percent plus one of the Narberth committee members’ votes—four out of six. Edwards already had one vote: his own. Three more would do it.
He then demonstrated another skill—one that may ultimately prove more valuable than counting to four. He persuaded three other Narberth committee members to support his endorsement.
After Edwards was officially endorsed, the other candidate dropped out. He ran unopposed in both the primary and the general election.
Congratulations, Mr. Mayor, Dana Edwards.