Carrie Emerson Coyner
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
Assumed office
January 8, 2020
Preceded byRiley Ingram
Constituency62nd district (2020–2024)
75th district (2024–present)
Personal details
BornRichmond, Virginia, U.S.[1]
Political partyRepublican
SpouseDivorced
Children3
ResidenceChesterfield, Virginia
Alma materUniversity of Virginia (BA)
University of Richmond (JD)
Websitehttps://www.carriecoyner.com/

Carrie Emerson Coyner is an American politician. She is a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing district 75.

Coyner has served as a member of the Chesterfield County School Board since 2011.[2]

A Republican, Coyner ran in 2019 to succeed retiring delegate Riley Ingram for the 62nd district. She faced Democrat Lindsey Dougherty in the 2019 election, and won with 55.1% of the vote.[3][4]

In 2021, Coyner was one of three Republicans who voted to abolish Virginia's death penalty.[5][6]

In 2024, Coyner was one of five Republican delegates who voted with their Democratic colleagues in support of safeguarding same-sex marriage in Virginia.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Virginia House of Delegates Member Listings". virginiageneralassembly.gov. Retrieved Dec 16, 2020.
  2. ^ "School Board | Chesterfield County Public Schools". Retrieved Dec 16, 2020.
  3. ^ Staff reports. "Republican Carrie Coyner defeats Democrat Lindsey Dougherty in Chesterfield's House District 62". Richmond Times-Dispatch.
  4. ^ "2019 November General". Archived from the original on November 7, 2019. Retrieved Dec 16, 2020.
  5. ^ "Virginia's legislature is a procedural vote away from passing legislation abolishing death penalty". Virginia Mercury. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  6. ^ "LIS > Bill Tracking > > 2021 session".
  7. ^ Atkinson, Bill (2024-01-26). "Five Republicans join Democrats to block denial of same-sex marriage licenses". The Progress-Index. Gannett. Retrieved 2024-01-27. Two of the four Republicans representing parts of the Tri-City area in the House of Delegates crossed the aisle Friday to join their Democratic colleagues in voting for a bill that would block marriage licenses from being denied to same-sex couples in the state. Dels. Carrie Coyner of Chesterfield County and Kim Taylor of Dinwiddie County were among five GOP legislators in the 54-40 vote to pass House Bill 174... Other Republicans joining with the Democrats on House Bill 174 were Robert Bloxom Jr. of Accomack County, Chad Green of York County, and David Owen of Goochland County.


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