John Carr
2023 - Present
2027
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John Carr (Republican Party) is a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, representing District 15. He assumed office on January 9, 2023. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.
Carr (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Arkansas House of Representatives to represent District 15. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
John Carr graduated from Pattonville Senior High School. Carr earned a B.S. in computer engineering from the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1998 and an M.B.A. from the University of Arkansas in 2009. His career experience includes working as a project manager, a substitute teacher, and a financial advisor with Edward Jones.[1][2]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Carr was assigned to the following committees:
- House Advanced Communications and Information Technology Committee
- House Revenue and Taxation Committee
- House State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee
- Advanced Communications and Information Technology Committee
2021-2022
Carr was assigned to the following committees:
- House City, County and Local Affairs Committee
- Public Transportation Committee
- Advanced Communications and Information Technology Committee
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 15
Incumbent John Carr defeated Stephanie Funk in the general election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 15 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Carr (R) | 56.6 | 5,510 | |
| Stephanie Funk (D) | 43.4 | 4,221 | ||
| Total votes: 9,731 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 15
Stephanie Funk defeated Erin Underhill in the Democratic primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 15 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Stephanie Funk | 87.0 | 436 | |
| Erin Underhill | 13.0 | 65 | ||
| Total votes: 501 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 15
Incumbent John Carr advanced from the Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 15 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | John Carr | |
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 15
Incumbent John Carr defeated Rachel Cox in the general election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 15 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Carr (R) | 58.8 | 4,224 | |
| Rachel Cox (D) | 41.2 | 2,956 | ||
| Total votes: 7,180 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Rachel Cox advanced from the Democratic primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 15.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent John Carr advanced from the Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 15.
2020
See also: Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 94
John Carr defeated Jene Huffman-Gilreath in the general election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 94 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Carr (R) | 54.7 | 5,654 | |
| Jene Huffman-Gilreath (D) | 45.3 | 4,681 | ||
| Total votes: 10,335 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Jene Huffman-Gilreath advanced from the Democratic primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 94.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 94
John Carr defeated Adrienne Woods in the Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 94 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Carr | 52.0 | 1,022 | |
| Adrienne Woods | 48.0 | 942 | ||
| Total votes: 1,964 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
John Carr did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
John Carr did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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2016 Republican National Convention
Carr was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Arkansas. Carr was one of 15 delegates from Arkansas bound by state party rules to support Ted Cruz at the convention.[3] Cruz suspended his campaign on May 3, 2016. At the time, he had approximately 546 bound delegates. For more on what happened to his delegates, see this page.
Delegate rules
Congressional district delegates from Arkansas to the Republican National Convention were elected at district conventions in April 2016, while at-large delegates were elected by the Arkansas Republican State Committee at a state convention in May 2016. Arkansas GOP rules in 2016 required delegates to the convention to vote for the candidate whom they designated on their delegate-filing form through the first round of voting. The rules allowed delegates to vote for a different candidate on the first ballot only if their designated candidate released them prior to the first round of voting or if their designated candidate "withdrew" from the race.
Arkansas primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Arkansas, 2016
| Arkansas Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
32.8% | 133,144 | 16 | |
| Ted Cruz | 30.5% | 123,873 | 15 | |
| Marco Rubio | 24.9% | 101,235 | 9 | |
| Ben Carson | 5.7% | 23,173 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 3.7% | 15,098 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 1.2% | 4,703 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.6% | 2,406 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.3% | 1,127 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.2% | 651 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 409 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 286 | 0 | |
| Lindsey Graham | 0.1% | 250 | 0 | |
| Bobby Jindal | 0% | 167 | 0 | |
| Totals | 406,522 | 40 | ||
| Source: The New York Times | ||||
Delegate allocation
Arkansas had 40 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 12 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's four congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; the highest vote-getter in a district received two of that district's delegates, and the second highest vote-getter received the remaining delegate. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in a district, he or she received all three of that district's delegates.[4][5]
Of the remaining 28 delegates, 25 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 15 percent of the statewide vote in order to receive any at-large delegates. Each candidate who met the 15 percent threshold received one delegate. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she was allocated the remaining at-large delegates. If no candidate won a majority of the statewide vote, the unallocated at-large delegates were divided proportionally among those candidates who met the 15 percent threshold. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[4][5]
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2024
In 2024, the Arkansas State Legislature was in session from April 10 to May 9.
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2023
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In 2023, the Arkansas State Legislature was in session from January 9 to May 1.
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2022
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In 2022, the Arkansas State Legislature was in session from February 14 to March 15.
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2021
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In 2021, the Arkansas State Legislature was in session from January 11 to October 15.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Arkansas House of Representatives District 15 |
Officeholder Arkansas House of Representatives District 15 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "John P. Carr," accessed March 29, 2023
- ↑ Arkansas House of Representatives, "John P. Carr," accessed March 29, 2023
- ↑ Arkansas GOP, "District GOP convention delegates and alternates elected," April 30, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Ken Bragg (R) |
Arkansas House of Representatives District 15 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by Rebecca Petty (R) |
Arkansas House of Representatives District 94 2021-2023 |
Succeeded by Jeff R. Wardlaw (R) |
