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Joseph J. Carraro is a former member of the New Mexico Senate, who represented the 26th district from 1985 to 1989. After the 1990 redistricting 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 independent in 2008.

Early life and education
Joseph Carraro was born in New York City, New York State, in 1944. He attended the University of New Mexico, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree and an MBA.

He worked as a financial analyst and stock broker at Merrill Lynch from 1970 to 1974, and owned Italian restaurants.

Carraro was born in New York City, New York. He attended the University of New Mexico, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree and an MBA at the Robert O. Anderson  School of Business/University of New Mexico. He would go on to receive a Post-Masters of Management degree and with dissertation a PhD. LaCrosse University.

Carraro was a US Army Vietnam-era Veteran and worked at Merrill Lynch as a financial analyst and was stock broker from 1970 to 1974, and owned Italian restaurants from 1975 to 1995.

Carraro then became a professor teaching graduate school courses in Organizational/Human Behavior and Professional Ethics the last two requirements for the MBA program to scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory and business leaders representing businesses on both sides of the border with Mexico. He was Past President of the Executive Management Association of New Mexico and Founder of “Project Share” Homeless Feeding Project.

In 1997, he founded "Carraro and Associates" an International Business Consulting Firm and in 2015 became a screenwriter/playwright / Director in NYC with his plays Conversations With An Average Joe and THE CLASS.

Career
Carraro was the founder of “Project Share” Homeless Feeding Project.

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.

In 2016, he founded "Carraro and Associates".

As a senator, he became Executive Committee Member of the National Energy Council that determines Energy policy, and attended the MacGuire Energy Institute at Southern Methodist University, with energy ministers from around the world.

He was the Chairman of a multi-billion dollar oversight committee overseeing investment and distribution of $16B in state funds and Chairman of the Trade and Transportation Committee of the Council of State  Governments.

After 9.11, Senator Carraro was designated as one of the Senators from the States chosen by President Bush to meet with Governor Tom Ridge to help formulate the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security to include all the various departments and divisions under one umbrella authority.

Philanthropy
In the great Venezuelan disaster with upwards of 40,000 killed, Joseph Carraro headed up a disaster trauma relief team he put together from the United States that arrived with doctors and supplies to assess the damage and help those who were displaced, bringing water purification units and sleeping tents and cots and toilet facilities. He involved Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico to determine any radioactive activity included in the debris field receiving a commendation from President Chavez for his humanitarian effort on behalf of the people of Venezuela.

Carraro then received bi-partisan recommendation with Jack Kemp and Senator Pete Domenici and others to be US Ambassador to Venezuela prior to discontinuation of relations.

Carraro received “Katrina” Resolution and Commendation from the Louisiana Legislature SR21 for being in charge of first responder triage and assisting in getting gasoline from Venezuela to operate pumps and locks preventing further flooding. He also then mopped floors in the trauma unit at LSU in Baton Rouge working with nurse practitioner niece and helped with Angel Flight providing private planes to take displaced residents to their families across the country.