John Coyne

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John Coyne

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

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August 5, 2024

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John Coyne was a 2016 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. Senate from Georgia. Coyne was defeated by Jim Barksdale in the Democratic primary on May 24, 2016.

Coyne was a 2014 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. Senate from Georgia. Coyne failed to file by the filing deadline.

Elections

2016

See also: United States Senate election in Georgia, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated Georgia's U.S. Senate race as safely Republican. Incumbent Johnny Isakson (R) defeated Jim Barksdale (D), Allen Buckley (L), and Michelle Gates (Write-in) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Isakson defeated Derrick Grayson and Mary Kay Bacallao in the Republican primary, while Barksdale defeated Cheryl Copeland and John Coyne to win the Democratic nomination. The primary election took place on May 24, 2016.

U.S. Senate, Georgia General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Johnny Isakson Incumbent	54.8%	2,135,806
	Democratic	Jim Barksdale	41%	1,599,726
	Libertarian	Allen Buckley	4.2%	162,260
Total Votes				3,897,792
Source: Georgia Secretary of State

U.S. Senate, Georgia Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Johnny Isakson Incumbent	77.5%	447,661
Derrick Grayson	12%	69,101
Mary Kay Bacallao	10.5%	60,898
Total Votes		577,660
Source: Georgia Secretary of State

U.S. Senate, Georgia Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jim Barksdale	53.7%	166,627
Cheryl Copeland	42.2%	130,822
John Coyne	4.1%	12,604
Total Votes		310,053
Source: Georgia Secretary of State

2014

See also: United States Senate elections in Georgia, 2014

Coyne ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. Senate, representing Georgia. Coyne failed to file by the filing deadline.

Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Coyne's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“	Education: I believe that the program Common Core was passed by all States to supply the guidelines of acceptable levels of learning that is achieved as a student progresses through K-12. Someone has to oversee our children's education. States always are judged in sequence: 1 being the top state schools to 50 being the lowest rated schools. We have shown that money is not the answer, but doing a better job is with more parental and teacher control. The children do not run the schools, although it sure seems that way to me. Healthcare: This is America’s best run program. Overhead and cost of management runs less than 4% of total revenue of program each year. That means $0.96 cents of every dollar goes to providing services. All veterans should be added to this program and be allowed to receive services, whatever their choice. We can raise the Medicare tax to fund this cost. Everyone should pay for our Veterans! Medicare projections soon will produce a shortfall in revenue. If necessary, I would recommend increasing the amount paid through deduction from 1.45% to 2.0% for the Employee and the Employer. ​Immigration / Minimum Wage / National Security: Senator Isakson’s once proposed a bill to secure the borders, but nothing was ever passed by the House of Representatives. It is my desire to have all Georgia Representatives, along with a national consensus, vote with the people of America, who want to close the borders and make them secure. I believe that this 2100 mile border should be made into a military base, a minimum of 5 miles wide or greater, along with a new wall that can’t be penetrated or climbed over. Our military bases have always been secure and the laws regarding trespassing are very clear, and so are its penalties. Therefore, the federal government will control the borders and border patrol will become a military operation. National Debt: Remember this - we elected people to represent us in Washington, DC and this debt and mismanagement is how they repaid us. It's time for all of them who were there before President Obama and got re-elected, they need to find a new job. We should not blame the new guys, they couldn't fix anything with Washington's old guard. Social Security: Funds must be properly managed to produce a good return. We need to collect back the stimulus payments and recent reductions.	”
—John Coyne's campaign website, http://www.johncoyneforussenate.com/john-s-agenda-.html

See also

• United States Senate
• United States Senate election in Georgia, 2016

External links

Suggest a link

• Campaign website
• Facebook page

Footnotes

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Georgia's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Jon Ossoff (D)

Raphael Warnock (D)

Representatives

District 1

Earl Carter (R)

District 2

Sanford Bishop (D)

District 3

Brian Jack (R)

District 4

Hank Johnson (D)

District 5

Nikema Williams (D)

District 6

Lucy McBath (D)

District 7

Rich McCormick (R)

District 8

Austin Scott (R)

District 9

Andrew Clyde (R)

District 10

Mike Collins (R)

District 11

Barry Loudermilk (R)

District 12

Rick Allen (R)

District 13

David Scott (D)

District 14

Marjorie Greene (R)

Republican Party (9)

Democratic Party (7)