Carrie Emerson Coyner is an American politician. She is a member of the
Virginia House of Delegates
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, representing
district 75.
Coyner has served as a member of the
Chesterfield County School Board
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The elected council determines the educational policy in a small regional are ...
since 2011.
A
Republican
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* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, Coyner ran in 2019 to succeed retiring delegate
Riley Ingram for the 62nd district. She faced
Democrat
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*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
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Lindsey Dougherty in the
2019 election, and won with 55.1% of the vote.
In 2021, Coyner was one of three Republicans who voted to abolish Virginia's death penalty.
In 2024, Coyner was one of five Republican delegates who voted with their Democratic colleagues in support of safeguarding
same-sex marriage in Virginia
Same-sex marriage in Virginia has been legal since October 6, 2014, following the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear an appeal of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling in ''Bostic v. Schaefer''. Same-sex marriages subsequently b ...
.
Carry Coyner is also the founder and owner of RudyCoyner Attorneys At Law.
[https://rudycoyner.com/attorney-profiles/#:~:text=Carrie%20E.,of%20RudyCoyner%20Attorneys%20at%20Law]
References
Living people
21st-century American legislators
Women state legislators in Virginia
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women politicians
Politicians from Richmond, Virginia
People from Chesterfield, Virginia
Republican Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates
21st-century Virginia politicians
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