Carrie Coyner

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Carrie Coyner
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Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 8, 2020
Website www.carriecoyner.com

Carrie Emerson Coyner is an American politician. She is a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 62nd district after her election in the 2019 state election, and then district 75 after winning reelection in 2023. She was defeated in the 2025 House of Delegates election.

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Political career

Coyner is a former member of the Chesterfield County School Board. [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 the 2025 election for the 75th district, Coyner was defeated by Dougherty. [5] She was involved in the concurrent Virginia Attorney General election, releasing texts with violent rhetoric used by the ultimately successful Democratic candidate, Jay Jones. [6]

Political positions

The Washington Post described Coyner as a "moderate... who sometimes votes with Democrats." [7] In 2021, Coyner was one of three Republicans who voted to abolish Virginia's death penalty. [8] In 2024, Coyner was one of five Republican delegates who voted with their Democratic colleagues in support of safeguarding same-sex marriage in Virginia. [9]

Personal life

Coyner is the founder and owner of RudyCoyner Attorneys At Law. [10]

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 (5 November 2019). "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. ↑ "Dougherty defeats candidate involved in Jones texting scandal". Dougherty defeats candidate involved in Jones texting scandal - University of Richmond's Student Newspaper. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
  6. ↑ Peifer, Karri (2025-11-05). "Richmond flips help Democrats expand Virginia House majority". Axios. Retrieved 2025-11-06.
  7. ↑ Armus, Theo (2025-10-04). "Jay Jones's 2022 text messages roil race for Virginia attorney general". The Washington Post . Nash Holdings . Retrieved 2025-10-10. Coyner — a moderate three-term delegate who sometimes votes with Democrats and maintains friendly ties with them.
  8. ↑ Oliver, Ned (2021-02-05). "Virginia's legislature is a procedural vote away from passing legislation abolishing death penalty". Virginia Mercury. Retrieved November 13, 2021. But unlike in the Senate, the legislation ended up winning modest bi-partisan support in the House, with three GOP lawmakers joining Democrats in supporting the bill: Dels. Carrie Coyner and Roxann Robinson, both of Chesterfield County, and Del. Jeff Campbell of Smyth County.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "Attorney Profiles | Rudy Coyner".


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