Age: 56
Occupation: Farmer/ Small Businessman/ State Representative
Residence:Rutherford County (Lascassas)
Family: husband of 30 years to Ginny, father to Joe Jr., Maddie and Erin, a grandfather
Education: B.S., Middle Tennessee State University
60 + hours of graduate work at Middle Tennessee State University
Previous Public Office Experience:3-term State Representative
Church or Civic Involvement: Believer’s Chapel in Murfreesboro
Achievements:
Sponsored legislation that repealed the inheritance and gift taxes, better known as the “Death Tax”
Sponsored the Craft Distillers Act, breaking a century old monopoly of whiskey distillers in Tennessee
Sponsored legislation to repeal the Hall Income Tax
Sponsored legislation that requires businesses to use E-Verify if they have 5 or more employees
Sponsored a resolution that recognized Arizona’s statehood and new immigration laws
Sponsored legislation to require state agencies to use SAVE to verify eligibility before dispersing of benefits
Co-sponsored legislation that will amend the State Constitution to allow the Legislature to enact, amend or repeal state statutes regarding abortion (Amendment 1 on November 2014 ballot)
Sponsored legislation that would nullify any executive orders from President Obama and any federal laws that assault the 2nd Amendment in Tennessee
Led the fight in Tennessee against setting up state healthcare exchanges under ACA
What is the biggest challenge facing the office you are seeking, and how would you address it?
The primary reason Joe is running for the U. S. Senate is that he’s a voter just like the rest of us. And he’s frustrated with leaders in Washington failing to lead America back to its first principles of personal responsibility, individual liberty, and free and fair markets. Joe believes the states find better solutions to our problems than the federal government. That’s why he feels strongly about the 10th amendment, and returning more decisions to the states where there are more competing ideas and “laboratories of democracy.”
Joe believes as Ronald Reagan did: “Man is not free unless government is limited.” Less government means more freedom. Joe understands clearly that Washington is broken, and in order to fix Washington, we must empower the states to tackle the problems we face, just as our founders intended.
Why should voters choose you?
Joe Carr is a strong leader. He believes elected officials are elected to lead and must lead on principle. First elected in 2008, Joe immediately began championing free enterprise reforms to help create jobs, promote small business and create a better environment for Tennesseans to raise their families. He spearheaded the movement to protect Tennessee families from the federal government1s dereliction of duty in fighting back against illegal immigration. He understands illegal immigration punishes law-
abiding Tennessee taxpayers and hurts Tennesseans struggling to find work to keep a roof over their kids heads and put food on the table.
Joe Carr’s leadership, sometimes at odds with leaders in his own party, resulted in Tennessee enacting the toughest illegal immigration laws in the country. Joe also led the charge to eliminate the death tax and crafted the captive insurance bill. His legislative accomplishments have helped Tennessee become the 4th most business friendly state in the nation.