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Elan Carr

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A lifelong advocate for Jewish causes, Carr was previously a Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles County (CA) where he prosecuted violent felony crimes for more than a decade. He has prosecuted murders, armed robberies, hate crimes, and some of Southern California's most notorious criminal street
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district, his message centered on bipartisan solutions to the country's problems and he spoke about the support he was receiving from Democrats.
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to pre-independence Israel. Both later immigrated to the United States. His biological father is second generation Irish and Italian descent.
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Carr's mother and stepfather are immigrants to the United States. His mother fled from Iraq to Israel, while his stepfather fled from
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gangs. Most recently as a special victim prosecutor, he focused on sexual assault, domestic violence, and child molestation cases.
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Carr is of Jewish heritage. His maternal grandfather, a descendant of Baghdad religious leader, was prosecuted during Iraqi
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He and his wife Dahlia, a physician, met when they were introduced by a mutual friend hosting a Jewish
1107: 945: 706: 456: 884: 267: 915: 731:"Republican Elan Carr Leads Wendy Greuel, Ted Lieu in Race for Henry Waxman's 33rd District Seat" 233: 1052: 821: 325: 573: 1086: 763: 666: 662: 472: 438: 174: 133: 94: 817:"Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson gives $ 100,000 to support L.A. County supervisor candidate" 427: 423: 392: 294: 574:"On the Appointment of Elan S. Carr as Special Envoy To Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism" 699:"Who is Elan Carr? Straight talk with the Congressional candidate in a Weekly exclusive" 577: 442: 604:"Trump names prosecutor, former AEPi leader, Iraq war vet to be anti-Semitism monitor" 1101: 1024: 635: 479: 286:(born November 25, 1968) is an American lawyer and businessman. He is the CEO of the 215: 42: 464: 348: 302: 67: 759:"Republican Elan Carr, Democrat Ted Lieu set for November general election battle" 387:
In 2016, Carr was a candidate to represent the 5th Supervisorial District on the
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in support of Carr's candidacy. Carr failed to advance in the June primary.
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Sewell, Abby; Zahniser, David; Walton, Alice (June 8, 2016).
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Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating anti-Semitism
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Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law alumni
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against Jewish community leaders during the time of
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State Department portrait of Elan Carr upon Special Envoy appointment
United States Special Envoy
Monitoring and Combating anti-Semitism
Donald Trump
Ira Forman
Deborah Lipstadt
Manhattan
New York
Republican
University of California, Berkeley
BA
Northwestern University
JD
United States
United States Army

Major

Judge Advocate General's Corps
Israeli American Council
American
attorney
Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating anti-Semitism
Donald Trump
deputy district attorney
Los Angeles County District Attorney
Ted Lieu
Judge Advocate General's Corps
U.S. Army Reserve
Iraq War

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