John Carona

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Kevin Paul Eltife
John Carona
Member of the Texas State Senate
from the 16th district
Incumbent
Assumed office 
1996
Preceded by John N. Leedom
Born December 14, 1955 (1955-12-14) (age 52)
Texas City, Texas
Political party Republican
Spouse Helen
Residence Dallas, Texas
Alma mater University of Texas at Austin
Profession businessman
Religion Baptist

John Joseph Carona (born 14 December 1955)[1] is a Republican member of the Texas Senate representing the 16th District.

First elected to the Texas Legislature in 1990, Carona is now in his fourth term in the Texas State Senate, representing District 16 in Dallas County. His current senate term runs through the end of the Eightieth Texas Legislature in 2009. Previously, Carona was elected to three terms in the Texas House of Representatives.

Carona serves as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security and as a member of the Senate Criminal Justice, Health and Human Services, and Jurisprudence committees.

Carona has been a resident of East Dallas since early childhood. He was educated in the Dallas Independent School District, graduating from Bryan Adams High School. He received bachelors of business administration degrees in insurance and real estate from The University of Texas at Austin in 1978 and currently serves as president of a Dallas-based, national real estate management firm.

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[edit] Election history

Senate election history of Carona from 1998.[2]

[edit] Most recent election

[edit] 2004

Texas general election, 2004: Senate District 16[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John Carona (Incumbent) 142,542 100.00 +35.93
Majority 142,542 100.00 +69.95
Turnout 142,542 -4.72
Republican hold

[edit] Previous elections

[edit] 2002

Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 16[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John Carona (Incumbent) 95,853 67.07 -35.93
Democratic Jan Erik Frederiksen 50,895 34.02 +34.02
Libertarian Jack Thompson 2,857 1.91 +1.91
Majority 44,958 30.05 -69.95
Turnout 149,605 +85.15
Republican hold

[edit] 1998

Texas general election, 1998: Senate District 16[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John Carona (Incumbent)[6] 80,802 100.00
Majority 80,802 100.00
Turnout 80,802
Republican hold


[edit] References

  1. ^ Office of the Secretary of State (Texas) (2002-09-13). State Senate Candidates for 2002 General Election. Retrieved on 2006-12-26.
  2. ^ Uncontested primary elections are not shown.
  3. ^ 2004 General Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on 2007-01-04.
  4. ^ 2002 General Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on 2007-01-04.
  5. ^ 1998 General Election. Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Retrieved on 2007-01-04.
  6. ^ Carona was elected to fill the unexpired term of Leedom. The election was probably held in 1996, but the information is not online at the Secretary of State website.

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Preceded by
Bill Hammond		 Member of the Texas House of Representatives
from District 109 (Dallas)
1991–1993		 Succeeded by
Helen Giddings
Preceded by
Al Granoff		 Member of the Texas House of Representatives
from District 108 (Dallas)
1993–1996		 Succeeded by
Carolyn Galloway
Preceded by
John N. Leedom		 Texas State Senator
from District 16 (Dallas)(1)
1996 – present		 Incumbent
Notes and references
1. For the 76th through the 77th Legislatures, Carona’s home city was Garland
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Current Texas State Senators
1: Eltife (R) • 2: Deuell (R) • 3: Nichols (R) • 4: Williams (R) • 5: Ogden (R) • 6: Gallegos (D) • 7: Patrick (R) • 8: Shapiro (R) • 9: Harris (R) • 10: Brimer (R) • 11: Jackson (R) • 12: Nelson (R) • 13: Ellis (D) • 14: Watson (D) • 15: Whitmire (D) • 16: Carona (R) • 17: Janek (R) • 18: Hegar (R) • 19: Uresti (D) • 20: Hinojosa (D) • 21: Zaffirini (D) • 22: Averitt (R) • 23: West (D) • 24: Fraser (R) • 25: Wentworth (R) • 26: Van de Putte (D) • 27: Lucio (D) • 28: Duncan (R) • 29: Shapleigh (D) • 30: Estes (R) • 31: Seliger (R)


Persondata
NAME John Joseph Carona
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Dallas, Texas politician
DATE OF BIRTH 14 December 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH