Amedori worked as a paralegal for many years before becoming a
journalist. She wrote for
The Baltimore Sun, the
Carroll County Times and Ocean City Today. Among other awards, she received the Distinguished Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. She was appointed as a district court commissioner for Carroll County District 10, serving from 1991 to 1993. Amedori was a member of the Maryland Taxpayers' Association, the National Association of Legal Assistance, Citizens Against Government Waste, Citizens Against Big Charter Government, and Americans for Tax Reform. In 1998 she was serving as chairperson of the Carroll County Charter Board which she later led the charge to defeat. Amedori was elected twice to the Maryland House of Delegates (1998 and 2002). While in the State House she served on the House Judiciary Committee, where she was ranking member in 2004. She also had the distinction of serving as assistant minority leader, as well as a minority whip. In June 2004, the governor appointed her to a six-year term on the Maryland Parole Commission. In February 2010, Amedori announced her candidacy for US Senator, running against incumbent senator
Barbara Mikulski, who had been serving for many years. Amedori dropped her bid for the Senate on April 16, 2010, announcing she would run for the office of Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, on the
Republican Party ticket with Maryland gubernatorial candidate Brian Murphy. Two weeks later Amedori left the Murphy ticket, endorsing former Maryland Governor
Bob Ehrlich, Murphy's opponent in the Republican primary. She argued that Ehrlich had the best chance to beat current Maryland Governor
Martin O'Malley in the general election. She said, "If there was going to be a loss to O'Malley, let it be Bob's loss." That year Amedori moved from Carroll County to Maryland's Lower Eastern Shore to be with her 89-year-old father. On September 14, 2010, Amedori was elected to the
Worcester County Republican Central Committee. She also served as Campaign Manager to a conservative candidate for the House of Delegates in State District 38B. Carmen returned to Carroll County in October 2013 where she had been a resident for 32 years and to the City of Westminster where she was a homeowner for 14 years.
Legislative notes • Sponsored Parental Notification and Judicial-bypass legislation • Pro-Second Amendment, lead sponsor on CCW bills, as well as right to protect property legislation • Fiscal Conservative
Election results •
2002 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 5A ::
Voters to choose two: : •
1998 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 5A ::
Voters to choose three: : ==Personal life and death==