In December 2024, he was named as president-elect Donald Trump's nominee for United States deputy secretary of homeland security.
[3] He served in the U.S. Navy and received bachelor's and master's degrees in business from the University of Southern California.
[1] It was under Edgar's final tenure as mayor that Los Alamitos established a city ordinance opposed to California's 2017 SB-54 law.
[1] Edgar appeared on national media to speak out against it and was invited to the White House on several occasions.
[1] In March 2019, Edgar was nominated as Chief Financial Officer of the United States Department of Homeland Security.