Brian T. Carroll

Brian T. Carroll (born December 15, 1949) is an American teacher who is the nominee of the American Solidarity Party for President in the 2020 United States presidential election.[1]

Brian T. Carroll
Born (1949-12-15) December 15, 1949
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles
California State University, Fresno
OccupationTeacher
Known forCandidacy in the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Candidacy in the 2020 United States presidential election
Home townVisalia, California
Political partyAmerican Solidarity
WebsiteCampaign website

Life and career

After getting his bachelor's degree in history from UCLA and a teaching credential at California State University, Los Angeles, Carroll taught junior high history and other subjects in Farmersville, California, from 1977 to 1983.[2] At the time, he wrote for the Valley Voice newspaper especially on the local need for public transportation.[2][3] He taught nine years in Colombia, South America and one summer in China. He has traveled extensively in Brazil and Europe. As an amateur naturalist, his work has been cited in studies on spiders and insects.[4] In 2008, he returned to teaching in Farmersville.[5][6]

2018 California congressional campaign

Carroll ran for California's 22nd congressional district in 2018 against Republican Devin Nunes and Democrat Andrew Janz. This was a contentious election due to Nunes' role in the Trump investigation.[7] After Carroll was eliminated in California's Top 2 primary election, Janz claimed that Carroll had endorsed Janz for the general election; Carroll publicly denied this claim.[8]

California's 22nd congressional district election, 2018[9]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Devin Nunes (incumbent) 70,112 57.6
Democratic Andrew Janz 38,596 31.7
Democratic Bobby Bliatout 6,002 4.9
Democratic Ricardo "Rico" Franco 4,365 3.6
American Solidarity Brian Carroll 1,591 1.3
Libertarian Bill Merryman 1,137 0.9
Total votes 121,803 100.0

2020 presidential campaign

On April 5, 2019, Carroll declared his candidacy for the 2020 United States presidential election, seeking the nomination of the American Solidarity Party, a Christian Democratic political party.[10] He won the nomination at the online party convention.[11][12] He chose ASP chair Amar Patel as his running mate.[13]

Carroll is expected to be on the ballot in ten to twelve states and as a registered write-in candidate in most others.[14] At 70 years old, he is younger than major-party candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden.[15]

Carroll's campaign stops have included the Rehumanize Conference in New Orleans[14], a speaking engagement at the Presidential Politics Conference of Iowa at Dordt College that was also attended by Joe Walsh and Tulsi Gabbard.[16][17][18][19][20] He participated in the presidential debate hosted by the Free & Equal Elections Foundation alongside Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, and Green candidates.[21][22][23]

Endorsements
Brian T. Carroll
Organizations
  • Leonine Institute for Catholic Social Teaching[24]

Political positions

Carroll is running on a platform of G. K. Chesterton-style distributism as an alternative to global capitalism, a consistent life ethic, healthcare for all, climate and environmental protections, social justice and reconciliation, and a more peaceful world.[15][25] His positions are similar to those espoused by other Christian Democratic parties in many European countries.

Carroll subscribes to a consistent life ethic which opposes abortion, euthanasia, and the death penalty, while advocating for progressive and social justice issues.[26] He supports the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.[3]

Personal life

Carroll has been married for 46 years, and has five children and 14 grandchildren.[15] An elder in the Evangelical Covenant Church,[27] a Pietist denomination, Caroll considers himself an Evangelical Christian.[25]

References
  1. Griswold, Lewis (May 28, 2018). "Five challengers want to boot Devin Nunes from his safe seat". The Fresno Bee. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  2. Hanink, James; Bartko, Matthew (2019-04-05). "WCAT Radio The Open Door (April 5, 2019)". The Open Door. Spreaker. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  3. Holman, Ron. "Brian T. Carroll: Candidate for U.S. Congress, District 22". Visalia Times Delta. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  4. Watt, Alistair (2017-10-15). Robert Fortune: A Plant Hunter in the Orient. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. p. 187.
  5. Briggs, Mike. "Brian T. Carroll, Candidate for Congress, CA 22, on Mike & Athena". YouTube. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  6. Steen, Greg. "Brian T. Carroll, Candidate for Congress, CA 22, on Truth 4 Seniors". YouTube. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  7. Stracqualursi, Veronica. "Rep. Nunes' Democratic opponents capitalizing on memo release". CNN. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  8. Appleton, Rory. "Candidate denies fellow Nunes challenger Janz's claims of support". The Fresno Bee. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  9. "2018 California primary election results" (PDF). Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  10. Carroll, Brian. "April 5, 2019 Preview". Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  11. Winger, Richard. "American Solidarity Party Chooses Presidential Nominee". Ballot Access News. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  12. "Another Consistent-Life-Ethic Presidential Candidate". Consistent Life Network. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  13. "Amar Patel, 2020 VP American Solidarity Party". Third Party Second Bananas. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  14. Schmidt, Theresa. "American Solidarity Party seeks those frustrated with mainstream parties". KPLC. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  15. "Pro-life but not Republicans: meet the American Solidarity Party". Catholic Herald. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  16. Hayworth, Bret. "Democrat Gabbard, Republican Walsh to speak at Northwest Iowa college event". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  17. "Presidential Politics event Oct. 24-26". The N'West Iowa REVIEW. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  18. Wielenga, Renee. "Presidential candidates to be at Dordt". Sioux Center News. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  19. Randall, Libbie. "Dordt University hosts Presidential Politics Conference". KTIV Television. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  20. Henderson, O. Kay. "Dordt University hosting conference on presidential politics". Radio Iowa. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  21. Varine, Patrick. "Lesser-known presidential candidate debate slated for March in Chicago". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  22. Griffiths, Shawn. "Civility and pleas to be heard mark 'debate' among 18 marginal candidates". The Fulcrum. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  23. McKeown, Jonah. "He won't win. So why is Brian Carroll running for president?". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  24. "2020 Presidential Voter Guide". Leonine Institute for Catholic Social Teaching. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  25. Huber, Tim. "Room in the middle". Mennonite World Review. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  26. Miller, Bailey. "Candidates Running for California's 22nd Congressional Share Views at Forum". YourCentralValley.com. Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  27. Silliman, Daniel (22 June 2020). "For Third-Party Christians, Some Things Are More Important Than Winning". Christianity Today.
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