John P. McKinney

{{short description|American politician}}

{{BLP sources|date=August 2011}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = John P. McKinney (8589839864).jpg

| caption = McKinney in 2013

| office = Minority Leader of the Connecticut Senate

| term_start = June 2007

| term_end = 2015

| predecessor = Louis DeLuca

| successor = Len Fasano

| state_senate1 = Connecticut

| district1 = 28th

| term_start1 = 1999

| term_end1 = 2015

| predecessor1 = Fred Lovegrove

| successor1 = Tony Hwang

| constituency1 = represented Easton, Fairfield, Newtown, Weston (part), and Westport (part)

| party = Republican

| religion =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|3|6}}

| birth_place = Fairfield, Connecticut, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| residence = Southport

| spouse =

| children = 3

| website =

| footnotes =

}}

John P. McKinney is a former Republican member of the Connecticut Senate, representing the 28th district from 1999 until 2015, and served as its Minority Leader from June 2007 until 2014.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n4pIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vAUNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6089,2357860&dq=john-mckinney+senate&hl=en Senate Republicans Tap Mckinney To Replace Deluca As Leader] He was a candidate for governor in 2014, receiving enough delegates during the convention to qualify for an August primary.[http://www.ctmirror.org/story/2013/07/23/mckinney-announces-gop-nomination-governor-2014 McKinney announces for GOP nomination for governor in 2014]{{Cite web|url=http://wnpr.org/post/john-mckinney-wants-retain-connecticuts-young-population|title = John McKinney Wants to Retain Connecticut's Young Population|date = 3 June 2014}} McKinney's 2014 campaign was particularly focused on reducing the size of government, decreasing tax burden, and growing the economy.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nhregister.com/government-and-politics/20140610/state-senator-john-mckinney-outlines-platform-for-connecticut-governors-race|title=State Senator John McKinney outlines platform for Connecticut governor's race|date=11 June 2014}} He was defeated in the 2014 Republican primary by Tom Foley.{{cite web | url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=792367 | title=Our Campaigns - CT Governor - R Primary Race - Aug 12, 2014 }}

He was succeeded as Connecticut Senate Minority Leader by Len Fasano.

McKinney considered running for Congress in 2010 in Connecticut's 4th congressional district against incumbent Democratic Congressman Jim Himes.

McKinney is the son of Stewart B. McKinney, a former Congressman for the Fourth Congressional District in Connecticut. He is also the grandson of Briggs Cunningham.

McKinney is currently out of politics and practices law in Fairfield, Connecticut.