Edward Jerome Tarver[3] (July 22, 1959 – February 9, 2024) was an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia.

[4] He was a candidate for the United States Senate in the 2020 special election in Georgia, receiving 0.5 percent of the vote in the jungle primary.

[5] His father served in the United States Army and was stationed at Fort Hood at the time of his birth.

[12] A 2017 Savannah Morning News editorial said that Tarver was "one of the best U.S. attorneys in a long line of professional prosecutors who have held this important appointed post.

[16][17][18] Despite early polls showing him with the support of up to 5% of voters, he failed to gain traction in the primary as Democrats rallied around eventual winner Raphael Warnock.