Chris Carr (politician)
Christopher Michael Carr is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the 48th attorney general of Georgia since 2016. A member of the Republican Party, he was appointed by Governor Nathan Deal as Attorney General to succeed Sam Olens.
Carr was elected to a four-year term in Georgia's 2018 statewide elections and won a second term in the 2022 Georgia attorney general election. He is a candidate in the 2026 Georgia gubernatorial election.
Education
Carr graduated from the University of Georgia Terry College of Business with a BBA degree in 1995, and from the University of Georgia School of Law with a Juris Doctor degree in 1999. Carr has been admitted to practice law in Georgia since 1999.Legal career
After graduating law school, he practiced law with Alston & Bird in Atlanta and later served as vice president and general counsel for the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, a free market think tank. From 2011 to 2018 he served on the Georgia Judicial Nominating Commission. He also served on the Board of Advisors for the Atlanta Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies.Political career
Carr was chief of staff for U.S. senator Johnny Isakson for six years. Carr returned from D.C. to serve as Governor Nathan Deal's commissioner of the Georgia Department of Economic Development from November 2013 to November 2016.Attorney General of Georgia
On November 1, 2016, Carr was appointed by Governor Nathan Deal and sworn into office the 54th Attorney General of Georgia when Sam Olens resigned to become President of Kennesaw State University.In 2019, Carr joined 17 other Republican attorneys general in suing to invalidate the Affordable Care Act, stating, "We believe the Court will uphold our position that the ACA is unconstitutional."
During his tenure, Carr's office was involved in indicting a former member of Georgia's Board of Regents for racketeering. His office also indicted the Paulding County, Georgia, District Attorney for bribery and a former chief magistrate judge in Pickens County, Georgia, for financial fraud. His office also oversaw indictments of three individuals for elder abuse.
As Attorney General, Carr has defended Georgia law that bans abortion beyond six weeks of pregnancy amid court challenges to restore abortion rights in Georgia.