Joe S. Carr

Not to be confused with Joe C. Carr.
Joe Carr
Mayor of Rutherford County
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 1, 2022
Preceded byBill Ketron
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
from the 48th district
In office
January 2009 – January 2015
Preceded byJohn Hood
Succeeded byBryan Terry
Personal details
Political partyRepublican
SpouseGinny Carr
Children3
ResidenceLascassas, Tennessee
Alma materMiddle Tennessee State University
WebsiteHouse website

Joe S. Carr is a former member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, and a member of the Tennessee Republican Party. Representative Carr was first elected as a state representative from the 48th legislative district in 2008 for the 106th Tennessee General Assembly. He served from 2008 through 2014 before stepping down to run against Senator Lamar Alexander in the Tennessee Republican Primary. Representative Carr ran an unsuccessful campaign for the United States Senate in the Republican primary, challenging incumbent Republican Lamar Alexander.[1][2][3][4] On May 3, 2022, Carr won the Republican nomination for Rutherford County Mayor, and he went on to win the general election on August 4, 2022.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander Defeats Tea Party Challenger Joe Carr". ABC News. August 7, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  2. ^ "Meet Joe Carr, the Last Tea Party Senate Challenger of 2014". Slate. July 14, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  3. ^ "The Last Tea Party". Slate. August 8, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  4. ^ "Tea Party takes aim at Lamar Alexander in long-shot August upset bid". The Washington Times. July 7, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  5. ^ Courage, Tayla (4 May 2022). "Joe Carr defeats Bill Ketron in Republican primary for Rutherford County mayor". The Murfreesboro Post. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  6. ^ Broden, Scott (4 August 2022). "Joe Carr wins Rutherford County mayor election over runner up Randy Allen". The Murfreesboro Post. Retrieved 26 August 2022.