Carter Reynolds
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| House Representative | ||||
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| In Office: 2008 - 2017 | ||||
| Preceded by | Russ Carnahan | |||
| Succeeded by | Chris Richards | |||
| Born | 1 January, 1985 Chicago, Illinois | |||
| Political Party | Democrat | |||
| Spouse | None | |||
| Religion | Agnostic | |||
Carter Cargill Reynolds is a former Democratic Representative for Illinois
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Early Life
Carter Cargill Reynolds was born in in 1985 to Jenna Sharke and Richard Cargill-Reynolds. Her mother Jenna is Representative Albert Sharke's older sister.
As a Student
Carter was a great student with high grades in both High School and University. During his years at School he was always elected as Representant of the Students, and was elected President of the Student Council 3 times being at Chicago State University.
Political Career
After leaving the University, in 2008, he was elected as Representant of Illinois, 3rd District. He has been reelected 4 times since then, but announced during a Rally in Chicago that he will not seek reelection in 2018.
Heartland Governor Race
Incumbent Heartland governor Elizabeth Wellbourne had recently declared that she didn't have plans of running for re-election, and Reynolds also announced in Chicago that his race for that office was about to begin. However, representative Bryant Carter had also declared that he was "leaning towards" running for Governor. The possibility of a joint candidancy was in the air.
This was later confirmed in an announcement made by B. Carter at Madison, Wisconsin. Carter announced that he'd not run for Governor, but that he'd be Heartland's next Lt. Governor under Governor Reynolds.
Days later, Jiles Scott declared his interest in running for Governor. This will led the Heartland Democratic voters into a "mini-primary" election to decide who the candidate would be.
Dropping Out: Retirement
Reynolds/Carter ticket dropped out "in support of a candidate who remains unknown right now". Days later, incumbent Wellbourne started a Exploration Committee. However, it is very likely that neither Reynolds or Carter knew about this. Senator Teddy Williams, who would later announce, was confirmed to be the candidate Reynolds had endorsed. His running mate, Bryant Carter, stayed away from Reynolds' announcement and ran on his own against Williams and Scott, but would withdrawn soon after too.
Reynolds donated the $1,200,000 he had fundraised in his first event on Chicago and the website to charity and decided to resign as Representative.
