John Richard McCoy (Lushootseed: lulilaš, October 29, 1943 – June 6, 2023) was a Tulalip politician of the Democratic Party based in the state of Washington.
[1] 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.
[7] He retired from the State Senate on April 17, 2020, citing concerns about his health, and was succeeded by appointee June Robinson.
He was honored with the Strong Man Award for defending a citizens' clean energy initiative—Initiative-937—from major rollbacks.