Joseph J. Carraro is an American politician. He represented District 26 in the New Mexico State Senate from 1985 to 1989. After the 1990

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of the New Mexico Legislature, his neighborhood was in another district. He was elected to represent the 23rd district in 1993, and served in that capacity until 2009. He was formerly a member of the Republican party until he became an

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in 2008.

Early life and education

Carraro was born in

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, in 1944. He attended the

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, where he received a

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degree and an

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. He worked as a financial analyst and stock broker at

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from 1970 to 1974.

Career

Carraro ran for the Republican nomination for the 2006 United States Senate election in New Mexico. He came in 2nd place with 31% of the vote. In 2012, Carraro used the slogan "The Average Joe" in an unsuccessful campaign against John Ryan in a bid for a New Mexico Senate seat.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carraro, Joseph Living people 1944 births New Mexico state senators 20th-century members of the New Mexico Legislature 21st-century members of the New Mexico Legislature