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S. Brandon Coan
S. Brandon Coan (Democratic Party) was a member of the Louisville City Council in Kentucky, representing District 8. Coan assumed office in 2017. Coan left office on January 4, 2021.
Coan (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Louisville City Council to represent District 8 in Kentucky. Coan won in the general election on November 8, 2016.
Biography
Coan received a bachelor's degree in English, with a minor in American history, from the University of Michigan in 2002. He earned a J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2008. He founded Local Interest Consulting, LLC in 2014. His professional experience includes working as an attorney at a private firm, serving as advisor to the mayor and as deputy campaign manager and policy director for the Greg Fischer for Mayor campaign. After graduating from law school, he was a law clerk at the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.[1]
Campaign themes
2016
Coan's website highlighted the following campaign themes:
Changing local politics
- Excerpt: "Follow the example of Nashville by adopting limits of no more than two consecutive terms of four years for Louisville’s council members and mayor, to avoid entrenchment and complacency in our local government leaders."
Transportation
- Excerpt: "Systematically replace the most dangerous, inhospitable TARC stops with new prototype bus stops or shelters in order to protect people who rely on bus transportation."
Protecting built environment
- Excerpt: "Preserve the smaller single-family houses within District 8 residential cores, and encourage multi-family and mixed-use development activity along transit and commercial corridors."
Clean city
- Excerpt: "Encourage enforcement of existing littering laws to equal parking enforcement efforts, and dedicate all littering fines paid to public education campaigns and other litter abatement activities."
Crime
- Excerpt: "Combat illegal guns by doing everything within the city’s power, including advocating for a dedicated police unit for gun crimes."
Elections
2016
The city of Louisville, Kentucky, held elections for city council on November 8, 2016. A primary election took place on May 17, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was January 26, 2016. Thirteen of the 26 city council seats were up for election. S. Brandon Coan ran unopposed in the Louisville Metro Council District 8 general election.[2]
| Louisville Metro Council District 8, General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic |  S. Brandon Coan (unopposed) | |
| Source: Jefferson County Clerk, "2016 General Election Official Results," accessed November 30, 2016 | ||
The following candidates ran in the Louisville Metro Council District 8 primary election.
| Louisville Metro Council District 8, Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| S. Brandon Coan |
24.22% | 2,275 |
| Stephen Reily | 22.99% | 2,159 |
| Chris Kolb | 19.96% | 1,875 |
| Terra Long | 14.79% | 1,389 |
| Lynnie Meyer | 14.59% | 1,370 |
| Josh White | 3.20% | 301 |
| Charles Wooden | 0.24% | 23 |
| Total Votes | 9,392 | |
| Source: Jefferson County Election Center, "Primary Election Unofficial Results," May 17, 2016 | ||
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See also
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Municipal elections in Louisville, Kentucky (2016)
- United States municipal elections, 2016
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia's municipal government candidate survey, 2016, "S. Brandon Coan's Responses," March 2, 2016
- ↑ Jefferson County Election Center, "Jefferson County Candidate Filings," January 27, 2016
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