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Preceded by
  
Nick Harper

Religion
  
Roman Catholic

Education
  
El Capitan High School

Preceded by
  
Aaron Reardon

Name
  
John McCoy

Party
  
Democratic Party


Political party
  
Democratic

Role
  
Politician

Succeeded by
  
June Robinson

Spouse
  
Jeannie McCoy

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Full Name
  
John Richard McCoy

Born
  
October 29, 1943 (age 80) Tulalip, Washington (
1943-10-29
)

Profession
  
Quil Ceda Village General manager White House Computer technician

Residence
  
Tulalip Bay, Washington, United States

Alma mater
  
El Capitan High School

Service/branch
  
United States Air Force

John Richard McCoy (born October 29, 1943) (Tulalip Tribes of Washington) is an American politician of the Democratic Party based in Washington state. In 2013 he was appointed to the State Senate to fill a vacancy and represents the 38th Legislative District. He previously served more than 10 years in the Washington House of Representatives (2003-2013).

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McCoy is the only self-identified Native American in the state senate. In 2013, along with Jeff Morris (Tsimshian), he was one of the two Native Americans in the Washington State Legislature. Several Native Americans are running for state representative seats in November 2016, some for re-election.

Biography

McCoy was born into a Tulalip Tribes family on the reservation. He attended local schools.

As an adult, he became active in tribal affairs. He served as general manager of Quil Ceda Village, the tribe's new municipality established in 2001. It included a gaming casino and business park. In 2005 the tribe also opened a 125-store retail outlet, all part of its efforts to diversify the tribe's economy and provide new jobs.

Political career

McCoy had joined the Democratic Party and become active. In 2002 he ran for office as state representative and won. He served from 2003-2013, being re-elected several times.

In his fifth term in the state legislature, McCoy gained passage of a bill to establish a procedure "for the state to cede jurisdiction over criminal and civil matters on tribal lands to federal and tribal governments." In 2013 he was chairman of the Community Development, Housing and Tribal Affairs Committee; vice chairman of the Environment Committee; and member of the Education Committee.

McCoy has also served as chairman of the executive committee of the National Caucus of Native American State Legislators; there are 79 Native legislators in 18 states.

Appointment to the State Senate

On November 27, 2013, the Snohomish County Council selected McCoy to fill the vacancy left when Senator Nick Harper resigned. McCoy was the leading vote-getter of the Democratic Precinct Committee Officers in Washington's 38th Legislative District.

Awards and honors

McCoy received the 2009 Fuse "Sizzle" Award. He was honored with the 'Strong Man Award' for defending a citizens' clean energy initiative - Initiative-937 - from major rollbacks. He brought two sides of the legislature together on the issue to reach a workable compromise.

References

John McCoy (politician) Wikipedia