TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on May 25, 2021

Former State Rep. Joe Carr, R-Lascassas, has announced that he will run for Rutherford County mayor, TNJ: On the Hill reports. Incumbent Bill Ketron has encountered several legal problems pertaining to his former insurance business and most recently received a $135,000 civil penalty for questionable campaign contributions and expenditures. Carr served as a state representative from 2008 until 2014 when he launched an unsuccessful campaign for U.S. Senate in the Republican primary against Lamar Alexander. He also ran unsuccessfully for two different U.S. House seats and the state Republican Party chair. He was hired to work in Gov. Bill Lee’s administration in 2018, but left after roughly a year.