John Carroll (Hawaii politician)

John Stanley Carroll (born December 18, 1929) is an American politician from the state of Hawaii. He served in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1970 to 1978 and in the Hawaii State Senate from 1978 to 1980. He is a lawyer, having been educated at Saint Mary's University, the University of Hawaii at Hilo and the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War and later transferred to the United States Air Force. In Air Force, his rank was elevated to colonel. After military service, he worked as a pilot for Hawaiian Airlines.

Carroll also ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Hawaii in 2002 and 2010, for the United States House of Representatives in 2002, and for the United States Senate in 2000 and 2012. In August 2016, Carroll won the Republican nomination for United States Senate for 2016. He lost in the general election to incumbent Democrat Brian Schatz.