Brian Coogan
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Brian Coogan (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Rhode Island State Senate to represent District 14. He lost in the Democratic primary on September 10, 2024.
Coogan was a 2016 Democratic candidate for District 64 of the Rhode Island House of Representatives. Coogan was disqualified after attempting to steal his political opponent's yard signs.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 14
Incumbent Valarie Lawson won election in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 14 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Valarie Lawson (D) | 94.2 | 8,928 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 5.8 | 553 | ||
| Total votes: 9,481 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 14
Incumbent Valarie Lawson defeated Brian Coogan in the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 14 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Valarie Lawson | 75.4 | 1,536 |
| Brian Coogan | 24.6 | 501 | |
| Total votes: 2,037 | |||
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Endorsements
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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Coogan in this election.
2020
See also: Rhode Island House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63
Incumbent Katherine Kazarian won election in the general election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Katherine Kazarian (D) | 95.9 | 5,740 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 4.1 | 247 | ||
| Total votes: 5,987 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63
Incumbent Katherine Kazarian advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 63 on September 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Katherine Kazarian | 100.0 | 751 |
| Total votes: 751 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Paul Moura (D)
- Brian Coogan (D)
2016
Elections for the Rhode Island House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and a general election would have taken place on November 8, 2016, if no candidate had won a majority of votes in the primary. The candidate filing deadline was June 29, 2016. Incumbent Helio Melo (D) did not run for re-election.
Helder Cunha ran unopposed in the Rhode Island House of Representatives District 64 general election.[2][3]
| Rhode Island House of Representatives, District 64 General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic |  Helder Cunha (unopposed) | |
| Source: Rhode Island State Board of Elections | ||
Helder Cunha defeated Brian Coogan in the Rhode Island House of Representatives District 64 Democratic primary.[4]
| Rhode Island House of Representatives, District 64 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Helder Cunha |
63.71% | 525 | |
| Democratic | Brian Coogan | 36.29% | 299 | |
| Total Votes | 824 | |||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Brian Coogan did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Brian Coogan did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ NECN "Rhode Island Lawmaker Accused of Stealing Opponent's Political Sign" October 27, 2016
- ↑ Rhode Island Secretary of State, "2016 Candidate Search," accessed October 5, 2016
- ↑ Rhode Island State Board of Elections, "2016 general election results," accessed January 19, 2017
- ↑ Rhode Island Secretary of State, "2016 Candidate Search," accessed June 30, 2016
