After graduation, Edwards-Walpole served as the Executive Director of the Miami-Dade County Farm Bureau, which "brought her to Tallahassee on numerous occasions to lobby on agricultural issues.

In 2010, when incumbent State Representative Juan C. Zapata was unable to seek re-election due to term limits, Edwards-Walpole ran to succeed him in the 119th District, which stretched from Doral to Florida City in eastern Miami-Dade County.

Edwards-Walpole's legacy[2] will be helping rich beach front owners kick the public of their sand - as the 2018 legislation she sponsored which targeted only Walton County Florida was successful in achieving this.

However, the Sun-Sentinel ultimately endorsed Edwards-Walpole, praising her as a centrist who, despite being "a safe party vote on most issues," earned an "A" rating from the NRA Political Victory Fund.

"[5] She campaigned on reforming the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, providing tax credits to businesses so that they could grow, cutting down on the costs of prisons by "looking at cheaper alternatives for first-time non-violent offenders," and de-emphasizing the importance of standardized tests.

She urged Governor Rick Scott to sign the legislation, which passed overwhelmingly in both chambers of the legislature, declaring, "With more than 125,000 children and 380,000 adults in Florida with severe epilepsy and other debilitating illnesses, it's time to ease the suffering and bring relief.