Richard Alan Carne is a politician and a member of the Democratic party. He served as chief of staff to a U.S. Representative from Ohio and then as treasurer of Montgomery County, Ohio. In 2002, when then-U.S. Rep. Tony P. Hall decided to accept an appointment as a U.N. ambassador, Carne took his place as the Democratic nominee for the congressional seat. Carne lost the race to former Dayton mayor Michael R. Turner.[1]