ANDRE D. CARROLL
Candidate for State House, Pennsylvania’s 201st District
Service: Year Up
Andre D. Carroll is an organizer born & raised in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA. He was raised by his single grandmother, is a proud graduate of Germantown High School, and understands what it means to grow up in a neighborhood that’s been left behind for way too long.
In 2015, Andre joined and completed Year-Up Greater Philadelphia, a workforce development program. A year after graduating, he became the Alumni Board Chair and now serves on the Philadelphia Advisory Board for Year-Up. Andre credits Year-Up for the professional opportunity they provided him and the foundation he was able to build on.
Andre has served as a substitute teacher in the Philadelphia School District for both grade school and high school students. During his time in the Philadelphia City Controller's Office, Andre fought to diversify the hedge funds that oversee the city’s pension fund so that the people in charge actually look like and share the experiences of those whose financial future they’re deciding for.
Andre has dedicated his life to public service and has spent the last six years working on progressive campaigns as both a staffer and as a candidate. In 2019, as the Campaign Manager for Nicolas O'rourke, Andre worked on the Working Families Party's strategy to elect Philadelphia's first third party candidate to City Council which proved successful with Councilwoman Kendra Brooks' win. In 2022, Andre ran a competitive race and primaried a long time incumbent for the state representative seat in the 201st House District. Most recently, Andre served as the Senior Strategist on Councilman Isaiah Thomas's successful Primary reelection campaign for Philadelphia City Council at Large.
Currently, Andre serves on the advisory board for The New Power Project, an organization that helps connect youth that want to run for office to opportunities and resources. He also serves on the board of The Brothahood Foundation, an organization that mentors incarcerated youth being charged as adults.
Andre D. Carroll launched his campaign on December 9, 2023 with an overwhelming amount of grassroots support and a broad, multiracial, multigenerational coalition. 100+ community members from across the district and the city joined him with deafening applause and the program included speeches from Councilmember Isaiah Thomas, Councilmember-Elect Nicolas O’Rourke, and neighbor and activist TBah.