John Coyne

John Coyne (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Georgia. Coyne lost in the Republican primary on May 19, 2026.

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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.

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—John Coyne's campaign website, http://www.johncoyneforussenate.com/john-s-agenda-.html