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In 2004, Carson did not seek reelection to the House, and ran for the open U.S. Senate seat that was being vacated by retiring Republican Don Nickles. He easily won the Democratic primary, and after a tough campaign, lost the election to Republican Tom Coburn, his predecessor in the House. Despite Carson's loss, election analyst Stuart Rothenberg called the Carson campaign the best-run campaign in the nation in 2004. [17] The Weekly Standard called him "The Perfect Democrat" [18] After the election, Carson wrote an article for The New Republic which was the subject of much discussion. [19] He was succeeded in the House by fellow Democrat Dan Boren.

Post-Congressional work

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Brad Carson addresses his Veterans Advisory Committee (2004).

After the 2004 Senate election, Carson's term in the United States Congress expired on January 3, 2005; Carson was succeeded by Dan Boren. Carson indicated that he had no immediate plans to seek political office, and, in January 2005, he accepted a semester-long teaching fellowship specializing in U.S. politics at Harvard University. Upon leaving Harvard, he returned to his hometown of Claremore, Oklahoma, and worked as chief executive officer of Cherokee Nation Businesses, which is owned by the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma in Catoosa, Oklahoma.

As an expert in Indian law, Carson oversaw one of the largest businesses in the state, with thousands of employees, hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, and more than a dozen in-house lawyers who specialized in Indian and corporate law. In December 2008, Carson left his post at Cherokee Nation Businesses to deploy to Iraq as an Intelligence Officer in the U.S. Navy. He was officer-in-charge of weapons intelligence teams embedded with the U.S. Army's 84th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion in the nine southern provinces of Iraq; the teams worked with EOD teams at seven bases and investigated bomb sites, caches, smuggling routes, and other activities related to improvised explosive devices. For this work, Carson received, among other awards, the Bronze Star. On his return, he was elected to the board of Cherokee Nation Businesses. [20]

In January 2010, Carson assumed a position as professor of business and law at the University of Tulsa, and as director of the National Energy Policy Institute, a non-profit energy policy organization funded by billionaire George Kaiser's family foundation. [21] [22] In his academic work, Carson has written extensively about the economics of renewable energy. [23] [24] He has also contributed journalism to The Weekly Standard , The New Republic , Blueprint, and Democracy: A Journal of Ideas . In 2010, Carson contributed to a symposium [25] issue of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, in which he was one of ten writers (including Martha Nussbaum, Michael Sandel, and others) discussing the future of progressive political thought and politics. He is the author of several other works, including a guide to federal appellate practice, a work co-authored with Judge Robert Bacharach (who was appointed by President Obama to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals). More recently, he has been working on a long series of articles about military reform for the online journal War on the Rocks. [26] [27]

Carson had met Barack Obama in 2004 when they were both nominees of the Democratic Party for open seats in the United States Senate. Carson endorsed Obama in 2006 for the 2008 presidential election. [28] Carson served as Obama's personal representative in the approval of candidates for delegates from Oklahoma to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Oklahoma was the first state to name its complete delegation to the 2008 Democratic Convention.

Return to politics

In June 2011, U.S. Congressman Dan Boren announced that he would not seek another term. [29] Carson announced shortly thereafter that he would seek to win back his former seat. [30] Despite this announcement, he later announced that he would not seek his old seat after all. [31]

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Under Secretary of the Army, Brad Carson

Obama administration

On September 14, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Carson to serve as the General Counsel of the United States Department of the Army. [32] The United States Senate confirmed Carson by unanimous consent on December 17, 2011. [33]

On January 6, 2014, President Obama nominated Carson to be Under Secretary of the Army, to replace Joseph W. Westphal, whom the president had nominated to be the United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. [34] On February 12, 2014, Carson was confirmed by the United States Senate [35] and he was sworn in as the 31st Under Secretary of the Army on March 27, 2014. [36] Fellow Oklahoma Democrat, Principal Chief Bill John Baker of the Cherokee nation, praised Carson, saying, "I applaud President Obama for nominating Brad Carson to this post [...] Brad is a Cherokee citizen and has committed his life to one of our Cherokee values: serving people. As a U.S. Congressman he served the people of Oklahoma's second district, as a CEO he served Cherokee Nation Businesses and the Cherokee people [...] he will be a champion for our American military in his role as Army undersecretary." [10]

As Chief Operating Officer of the Department of the Army, Carson led day-to-day-business operations of the global U.S. Army business enterprise, with over 490,000 active duty soldiers, 335,000 National Guard soldiers, 200,000 Army Reserve soldiers, and over 330,000 civilians. He supervised the development and submission of the Army's budget, which exceeded $150 billion. In a move lauded by veterans groups, Carson made national headlines when he formally apologized to veterans of the Iraq War for the Army's mishandling of chemical weapons exposures. [37]

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Carson visiting with Green Berets at Fort Bragg

Carson served as the acting undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness from April 2015 until April 2016, resigning while still awaiting Senate formal approval. [38] As undersecretary, Carson led a number of pioneering initiatives such as the Department of Defense's "Force of the Future" reforms, the largest personnel changes to the military and civilian workforce in nearly 50 years. [39] Carson oversaw the historic opening of all combat positions to women. [40] He assisted in the reformation of the military retirement system for the first time in 70 years and set new policy for transgender servicemembers. [40] [41]

The University of Tulsa

Carson was sworn in as President of the University of Tulsa in July 2021. [42] He succeeded Gerard Clancy, who left office after a vote of no-confidence. [43] In July 2023, Carson was president when the university launched a new Honors College, focusing on literature and philosophy. [44] During Carson's tenure in 2022, the university had more National Merit Scholars per capita than other university in the nation. [45] In 2023, Carson pushed for the organizing of more concerts at Chapman Stadium, seeing the university hold the first major concert in the venue since 1990 with the performance of Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, and Alice Cooper. He also expanded the university's programs in Tulsa's arts district and led the university in taking over organizing responsibilities for Tulsa's Mayfest. [46]

In 2023, TU was recognized as a "free speech" university and was the first university in Oklahoma to receive a "green light" rating by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. This recognition was given after the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression aided Carson in revising the university's policies on speech and assembly. [47]

Artificial Intelligence

In late 2023, Carson announced he would be the co-founder and President of a new policy group, Americans for Responsible Innovation, dedicated to artificial intelligence. Americans for Responsible Innovation advocates for responsible guardrails on AI, including accounting oversight, incident reporting, and export controls. [48]

Personal life

Carson's wife, Julie, served on the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. They live in Claremore, Oklahoma. [49] They have one son, Jack. [36] In 2017, Carson completed the Marathon des Sables, a 250-km ultramarathon in the Sahara Desert often called the world's toughest footrace. [50] In 2018, he completed the Jungle Ultra, a similar race through the Amazon jungle. [51]

Electoral history

Brad Carson
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21st President of the University of Tulsa
Assumed office
July 1, 2021
Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district : Results 2000–2002 [52]
YearDemocraticVotesPctRepublicanVotesPct3rd PartyPartyVotesPct
2000 Brad Carson107,27355% Andy Ewing 81,67242%Neil Mavis Libertarian 6,4673%
2002 Brad Carson146,74874% Kent Pharaoh 51,23426%
Oklahoma Senator (Class III) results: 2004 [52]
YearDemocraticVotesPctRepublicanVotesPct3rd PartyPartyVotesPct
2004 Brad Carson596,75041% Tom Coburn 763,43353%Sheila Bilyeu Independent 86,6636%

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