John William "Jack" Carter is an American businessman and politician who unsuccessfully ran for the United States Senate in Nevada in 2006.
Background
Carter was born at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Virginia. Raised in Plains, Georgia, he spent summers working at his father"s peanut farm warehouse, where his wages began at 10 cents per hour. Carter struggled when he first entered college in 1965, bouncing around between Georgia Technical, Emory, and Georgia Southwestern State University before enlisting in the United States Navy in April 1968 at the suggestion of his father.
Career
Carter is the eldest child of former President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter. Carter served during the Vietnam War, on the salvage ship United States Ship Grapple (ARS-7). He received a "less than honorable" general discharge in late 1970 after he and 53 classmates were caught smoking marijuana at the Navy Nuclear Power School in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Carter returned to Georgia Technical, earning a degree in nuclear physics.
Following graduation, he immediately entered law school at the University of Georgia, receiving his Juris Doctor (Juris Doctor) in 1975. In 1981, Carter moved to Chicago, where he worked for the Chicago Board of Trade and Citibank.
They have two children, Jason and Sarah. Jason has written a book, Power Lincolnshire, about his experiences doing humanitarian work in South Africa, and was elected to the Georgia State Senate in 2010.
Sarah Carter, a Doctor of Philosophy candidate in neuroscience, worked for his campaign and blogs on DailyKos.
After his divorce Carter married Elizabeth Brasfield on May 15, 1992, and they lived in Bermuda, where they started an investment company, before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2003, where he formed the investment consultant firm Carter Global. Stepson John Chuldenko (from his current wife"s first marriage) is a film director and has directed television ads for the campaign. Carter moved to Nevada in 2002 and ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the United States Senate as a Democrat against incumbent Republican Senator John Ensign of Nevada in the 2006 election.
(see: Nevada United States Senate election, 2006)
Carter"s primary issues were his opposition to the continuing occupation of Iraq and his concerns about the health care system, especially what he characterized as its failure to meet its commitment to veterans.
Carter lost the 2006 Nevada election to John Ensign by a 55% to 41% margin. He spent two days in intensive care, but had recovered by the beginning of October.