Ford Carr is an American politician and aerospace engineer serving as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives for the 84th district.
[4][7] Carr indicated his concerns included banning the "legalized slavery" of using prison inmates for labor, addressing the state's "horrid" foster care system, and motivating people to be voters.
He also voted for a bill that would mandate separation of people in such places as domestic violence shelters or rape crisis centers, based on sex they were assigned at birth.
[6][7] In 2023, Carr was admonished for calling a fellow African-American Democratic legislator—Marvin Robinson (D-Wyandotte County) -- a "house negro", as a slur for that legislator's appearance of vote-trading with Republicans.
[8][9][10][11][12] In January 2025 — during an informal gathering of Wichita-area state legislators, local officials, and lobbyists, at a Topeka bar — Carr was involved in an altercation (extensively documented by video[13][14][15][16]) with Wichita City Councilman Brandon Johnson.
[14][16][15][18] Topeka Police were called, but when they arrived, Kansas Highway Patrol had already responded, and determined that none of the parties wanted to file charges.
[14] But Carr, defiant, blamed Johnson for instigating the conflict with a gesture—Carr adding that he would "always escalate that aggression to... match the energy with... equal or greater force."