John Carona

Infobox State Senator


honorific-prefix =
name = Kevin Paul Eltife
honorific-suffix =
state_senate = Texas
state = Texas
district = 16th
term_start = 1996
preceded = John N. Leedom
succeeded = Incumbent
party = Republican
birth_date = birth date and age|1955|12|14
birth_place = Texas City, Texas
death_date =
death_place =
spouse = Helen
residence = Dallas, Texas
alma_mater = University of Texas at Austin
occupation =
profession = businessman
religion = Baptist
website =

John Joseph Carona (born 14 December 1955) [cite web
url = http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/candidates/general/senate/senateaddr.shtml
title = State Senate Candidates for 2002 General Election
accessdate = 2006-12-26
date = 2002-09-13
author = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] 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.

Election history

Senate election history of Carona from 1998. [Uncontested primary elections are not shown.]

Most recent election

2004

Election box begin
title=Texas general election, 2004: Senate District 16 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 2004 General Election | accessdate = 2007-01-04 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate with party link
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = John Carona (Incumbent)
votes = 142,542
percentage = 100.00
change = +35.93Election box majority
votes = 142,542
percentage = 100.00
change = +69.95Election box turnout
votes = 142,542
percentage =
change = -4.72Election box hold with party link no swing
winner = Republican Party (US)

Previous elections

2002

Election box begin
title=Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 16 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 2002 General Election | accessdate = 2007-01-04 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate with party link
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = John Carona (Incumbent)
votes = 95,853
percentage = 67.07
change = -35.93Election box candidate with party link
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Jan Erik Frederiksen
votes = 50,895
percentage = 34.02
change = +34.02Election box candidate with party link
party= Libertarian Party (US)
candidate = Jack Thompson
votes = 2,857
percentage = 1.91
change = +1.91Election box majority
votes = 44,958
percentage = 30.05
change = -69.95Election box turnout
votes = 149,605
percentage =
change = +85.15Election box hold with party link no swing
winner = Republican Party (US)

1998

Election box begin
title=Texas general election, 1998: Senate District 16 [cite web | url = http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe | title = 1998 General Election | accessdate = 2007-01-04 | publisher = Office of the Secretary of State (Texas)] Election box candidate with party link
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = John Carona (Incumbent) [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 [http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe Secretary of State website] .]
votes = 80,802
percentage = 100.00
change = Election box majority
votes = 80,802
percentage = 100.00
change = Election box turnout
votes = 80,802
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link no swing
winner = Republican Party (US)

References

External links

* [http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist16/dist16.htm Senate of Texas - Senator John Carona] official TX Senate website
* [http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=5475 Project Vote Smart - Senator John J. Carona (TX)] profile
*"Follow the Money" - John Carona
** [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=83147 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=63836 2004] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=6252 2002] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=52089 1998] campaign contributions

###@@@KEY@@@###TXHouseSuccession box
district = 109
hometown = Dallas
before=Bill Hammond
after=Helen Giddings
years=1991–1993TXHouseSuccession box
district = 108
hometown = Dallas
before=Al Granoff
after=Carolyn Galloway
years=1993–1996TXSenateSuccession box
district = 16
hometown = Dallas
before=John N. Leedom
start=1996
town_note_marker = ⁽¹⁾s-ref|For the 76th through the 77th Legislatures, Carona’s home city was Garland

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=