Education
Virginia Highlands Community College.
politician member of Virginia State Senate
Virginia Highlands Community College.
Carrico"s campaign for Senate was heavily financed by coal mining interests such as Alpha Natural Resources, Consol Energy and Richard Baxter Gilliam. Prior to that, he was a Virginia State Trooper. In 2005, Carrico introduced an amendment to the religious freedom clause of the Virginia state constitution, based on the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom written by Thomas Jefferson.
The amendment posited a positive right to permit prayer on "public property, including public schools".
The proposed amendment passed the House but died in the Virginia State Senate. Carrico was the Republican nominee for Virginia"s 9th congressional district in the 2006 midterm elections, but was defeated by Democratic incumbent Rick Boucher.
On the issue of marijuana, Carrico said in 2014, “I think it’s a gateway drug. lieutenant enhances and gives reason for people to do things that are a lot stronger than marijuana.
I believe.. that it can become abused and it’s like other drugs we have problems with like oxycodone.. that once it’s out there, it can be a harmful drug and get in the hands of others and start the trend of abuse.”
In 2015, Carrico introduced Bachelor of Science 40, which would provide "that a clerk or deputy clerk shall not be required to issue a marriage license if such clerk has an objection to the issuance of such license on personal, ethical, moral, or religious grounds." Along with this he introduced Bachelor of Science 41, which would provide "that no individual authorized to solemnize any marriage shall be required to do so and no religious organization shall be required to provide services, accommodations, facilities, goods, or privileges for a purpose related to the solemnization of any marriage if the action would cause the individual or organization to violate a sincerely held religious belief.".
He is currently a member of the Senate of Virginia, representing the 40th District. From 2002 to 2011, he was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 5th District in the southwestern part of the state.
