Bob Coffin

{{short description|American politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Bob Coffin

| image name =

| office = Ward 3 Councilman, Las Vegas City Council

| term_start = 2011

| term_end = 2019

| predecessor = Gary Reese

| successor = Olivia Diaz

| state_senate2 = Nevada

| district2 = Clark 10

| term_start2 = 2002

| term_end2 = 2010

| preceded2 = New District

| succeeded2 = Ruben Kihuen

| state_senate3 = Nevada

| district3 = Clark 3 (Dual-Member District)

| alongside3 = John Vergiels (1986-1992)
Sue Lowden (1992-1996)
Valerie Wiener (1996-2002)

| term_start3 = 1986

| term_end3 = 2002

| preceded3 = Helen A. Foley

| succeeded3 = Dual-Member District dissolved, Single-Member District 10 created

| state_assembly4 = Nevada

| district4 = Clark 9

| term_start4 = 1982

| term_end4 = 1986

| preceded4 = Helen A. Foley

| succeeded4 = Eileen B. Brookman

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|10|07}}

| birth_place = Anaheim, California, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| spouse = Mary Coffin

| children = 3

| profession = Business owner

| party = Democratic

|}}

James Robert Coffin (born October 7, 1942 in Anaheim, California){{cite web|title=James Coffin Biography|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/2623/james-coffin#.UKu8r6WmDww|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=20 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429234234/http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/2623/james-coffin#.UKu8r6WmDww|archive-date=29 April 2013|url-status=dead}} is an American politician.

He was a Las Vegas city councilman, representing the city's east side in Ward 3 from 2011{{Cite web|title=Nevada Secretary of State: Elections Results: City of Las Vegas|url=https://www.nvsos.gov/SOSelectionPages/results/2011CityPrimary/CityofLasVegas.aspx|access-date=2020-06-23|website=www.nvsos.gov}} to 2019.{{Cite web|date=2018-11-28|title=Coffin will not seek third term on Las Vegas City Council|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/las-vegas/coffin-will-not-seek-third-term-on-las-vegas-city-council-1537658/|access-date=2020-06-23|website=Las Vegas Review-Journal|language=en-US}} He was a Democratic member of the Nevada Senate, representing Clark County District 10 from 1987-2011 and a member of the Nevada Assembly from 1983 through 1985. In 1990, he worked as an international observer at the Nicaraguan elections.

Coffin is Mexican American. He and his wife Mary have two children. He also has one son from his first marriage.

Coffin graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a BS in Accounting/Business Administration.