1. Carol Schwartz was born on January 20,1944 and is an American politician and Perennial candidate from Washington, DC, who served as a Republican at-large member on the Council of the District of Columbia from 1985 to 1989 and again from 1997 to 2009.
Carol Schwartz announced her fifth campaign for mayor on June 9,2014 finishing behind Muriel Bowser and David Catania.
Carol Schwartz was born on January 20,1944 in Greenville, Mississippi.
Carol Schwartz graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1965 with a degree in elementary and special education.
Carol Schwartz entered DC politics in 1974 as a member of the Board of Education representing Ward 3.
In 1986, Carol Schwartz ran for mayor against two-term incumbent Marion Barry.
Carol Schwartz decided not to run for reelection to the council after the 1988 suicide of her husband, real estate lawyer David H Schwartz, which occurred on her birthday.
In 1996, Carol Schwartz ran for an at-large seat in the council.
Carol Schwartz successfully ran for reelection to the Council in 2000.
In 2001, Carol Schwartz voted for legislation that overturned the results of a popular referendum limiting members of the DC Council to two terms.
In 2002, Carol Schwartz decided not to run officially in the Republican primary for mayor, but said she would consider running in general election if she won the write-in vote in the primary election.
In 2004, Carol Schwartz successfully ran for reelection to the council.
In 2007 and 2008, Carol Schwartz shepherded the Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act through the council.
In third place, write-in votes, including votes for Carol Schwartz, comprised 11 percent.
Carol Schwartz is a moderate Republican; fiscally conservative and socially liberal.
Carol Schwartz opposes redirecting public money toward private and religious school through school vouchers and supports allowing smoking and nude dancing in bars.
Carol Schwartz has blocked legislation requiring large retailers to pay a higher minimum wage to their employees.
In 2004, Carol Schwartz announced her support of domestic partnerships, but she opposed instituting same-sex marriage in Washington as of 2008.
Carol Schwartz said her opposition stems not from her opposition to same-sex marriage, but her belief that it would engender a backlash from Congress.
Carol Schwartz believed that Congress would quickly repeal the law and seek to overturn pro-gay legislation in the District, such as the domestic partnership registry and gay adoption law.
Carol Schwartz said she probably would have voted in favor of a bill to establish same-sex marriage in the District if she were certain Congress would allow it.
Carol Schwartz has voted for legislation prohibiting insurance companies from discriminating against people with AIDS.
Carol Schwartz is opposed to including former criminals as protected classes in the District's human rights law, saying that jewelry stores should have the right not to hire convicted jewel thieves.
Carol Schwartz opposed the extension of the District's youth curfew in 2007.
Carol Schwartz voted in favor of the Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act, which requires District employers to give their employees paid sick leave.
Carol Schwartz endorsed Joe Biden for president during the 2020 US Presidential Election.