Doug Carl

{{Short description|American politician (1951–1997)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Doug Carl

| office = Member of the Michigan Senate

| term_start = January 1, 1987

| term_end = August 17, 1997

| predecessor = Kirby Holmes

| successor = David Jaye

|constituency = 9th district (1987–1994)
12th district (1995–1997)

| state_house2 = Michigan

| district2 = 26th

| term_start2 = January 1, 1985

| term_end2 = December 31, 1986

| predecessor2 = Mary Ellen Parrott

| successor2 = William S. Browne

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1951|08|12}}

| birth_place = Almont, Michigan

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|08|17|1951|08|12}}

| death_place = St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Clinton Township, Michigan

| resting_place = Romeo Village Cemetery, Romeo, Michigan

| party = Republican

| spouse = Maria

| alma_mater = Michigan State University

}}

Douglas Carl (August 12, 1951 – August 17, 1997) was a state senator in Michigan. From 1987 to 1994, he represented the 9th Senate district, and then from 1995 to his death in 1997, he represented the 12th district.{{cite web |url=https://mdoe.state.mi.us/legislators/Legislator/LegislatorDetail/4174|title=Legislator Details - Douglas Carl|publisher=Library of Michigan |access-date=April 19, 2023}} He also ran as the Republican nominee in Michigan's 12th Congressional District in 1988 and in the 10th Congressional District in 1992, losing to David Bonior both times.

Carl served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1984 to 1986 and in the Michigan State Senate from 1987 until his death.[https://mdoe.state.mi.us/legislators/Legislator/LegislatorDetail/4174 Michael Legislative Biography-Douglas Carl]

Ronald Reagan attended a campaign rally at Macomb Community College in 1988 in which he urged people to vote for Carl.{{Cite web |url=http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1988/110588b.htm |title=transcript of Reagan's 1988 speech |access-date=2008-11-20 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924111846/http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1988/110588b.htm |url-status=dead }}