What is John Carroll (politician)?
[[File:John Carroll.jpg|right|200px]] '''John Stanley Carroll''' (December 18, 1929 &ndash; September 19, 2021) was an American politician. He was a [[Hawaii House of Representatives|state representative]] and [[Hawaii State Senate|state senator]] from [[Hawaii]] as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]. He was born in [[St. Marys, Kansas]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41329061/the_honolulu_advertiser/ |title=Carroll: 'I am a ... better candidate than anyone running' |date=9 September 2002 |work=The Honolulu Advertiser |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230121540/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41329061/the_honolulu_advertiser/ |archive-date=30 December 2019 |url-status=live |page=7 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> In [[1966 United States House of Representatives elections|1966]] Carroll ran for one of Hawaii's two [[Hawaii's at-large congressional district|at-large congressional district]] seats, but came in third place behind incumbents [[Patsy Mink]] and [[Spark Matsunaga]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41120432/honolulu_starbulletin/ |title=John Carroll 1966 |date=17 November 1966 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227001016/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41120432/honolulu_starbulletin/ |archive-date=27 December 2019 |url-status=live |page=6 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> On June 14, 2019 he announced that he would run for mayor of [[Honolulu]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/06/15/hawaii-news/former-state-sen-john-carroll-announces-run-for-mayor-of-city-and-county-of-honolulu/ |title=Former state Sen. John Carroll announces run for Honolulu mayor, while Council Chairman Ikaika Anderson drops out |date=15 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229044113/https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/06/15/hawaii-news/former-state-sen-john-carroll-announces-run-for-mayor-of-city-and-county-of-honolulu/ |archive-date=29 December 2019 |url-status=live |via=[[Newspaper