Scott McCoy

Infobox_Politician
name = Sen. Scott McCoy

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birth_date = August 19
residence = Salt Lake City, UT
state_senate = Utah
district = 2^nd
term_start = February 7, 2005
term_end = present
predecessor = Paula Julander
party = Democrat
occupation = Attorney
spouse = Mark Barr [Scott McCoy's same-sex partner is Mark Barr. The State of Utah does not recognize same-sex unions or grant them civil recognition.]
website = [http://www.senatormccoy.com/ senatormccoy.com]

Scott McCoy is an American politician and attorney from Utah. A Democrat, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 2nd senate district in Salt Lake City ( [http://www.clerk.slco.org/elections/maps/senate/02.pdf map] ).

Early life and career

McCoy is an attorney specializing in commercial, antitrust and federal securities litigation. From January 2002 to March 2003, he served as law clerk to Justice Leonard H. Russon of the Utah Supreme Court. He had previously practised law for a Wall Street firm. He was educated at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri (B.A., 1992), George Washington University in Washington, D.C. (M.A., 1994) and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City (J.D., 2001).

enate career

He was appointed to the seat by Utah Democratic Party delegates in February 2005, following the resignation of Senator Paula Julander on health grounds. He beat Julander's husband – longtime party leader Rod Julander – by 44 votes to 41 in the final selection vote. [ [http://slmetro.com/2005/4/local.shtml "Scott McCoy Elected to Replace State Sen. Paula Julander" on slmetro.com] ] His appointment was then formalized by Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr.. He ran for re-election in 2006 and faced little opposition in this reliably Democratic district, defeating his Republican opponent by more than two-to-one. Fact|date=March 2007

McCoy lives with his partner Mark Barr and was Utah's first ever openly gay state senator. He is, along with Representatives Jackie Biskupski and Christine Johnson, one of only three openly gay members of the Utah State Legislature. In 2004, he led the Don't Amend Alliance, the state-wide campaign against a proposed amendment to Utah's state constitution regarding eligibility for marriage. His re-election campaign won the support of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund.

McCoy is also known for his wry sense of humor. After Sen. Chris Buttars, on hearing of McCoy's appointment to the senate, asked "Who, the gay?!", McCoy quickly ordered a vanity plate for his car that read "THEGAY". [ [http://www.queer.de/news_detail.php?article_id=6522 Photo on German-language gay news website] ]

References

External links

Legislative Information

* [http://se16.utahsenate.org/perl/spage/distmap02.pl Map of Utah Senate District 2]
* [http://www.utahsenate.org/perl/spage/distbio2007.pl?dist02 Official Legislative Biography]
* [http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=MUT72919 Project Vote Smart Biography]

Voting Record

* [http://votesmart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=MUT72919 Interest Group Ratings at Project Vote Smart]
* [http://votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=MUT72919 Voting Record at Project Vote-Smart]

Financial Disclosures

* [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200644&c=425173 2006 Follow the Money]

Campaign Information

* [http://www.senatormccoy.com/ Official campaign website]