Episode 43: Andre Carroll’s Journey from Opportunity Youth to Political Candidate

In this episode, Andre Carroll talks about his unlikely path to politics in his home city of Philadelphia. Since his father was incarcerated and his mother struggled with drug addiction, Andre was raised by his Grandmother. He went on to graduate from college and got deeply involved in Philadelphia politics, serving as campaign staff for a Mayoral candidate and for multiple City Council candidates. In 2022, he decided to enter the arena himself and ran for a seat in the Pennsylvania state legislature to represent the district where he grew up. He lost that race, but earned 43% of the vote and raised more than $95,000 dollars. And now in 2023, he is at it again!  Andre just launched his second campaign for the State Legislature and is hoping to harness the momentum he built on his first campaign to win the seat.