{{Short description|American political consultant}} {{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2026}} '''Mark J. Coyle''' was a political consultant in West Virginia. Coyle started as a radio reporter, but in the early 1990s he moved into public relations.<ref name="wp"/> In 1996, he worked for former astronaut Jon McBride, who ran unsuccessfully for governor of West Virginia,<ref name="hr"/> and he later played a key role in George W. Bush's 2000 victory in that state.<ref name="wp"/><ref name="hr"/> More recently he directed media relations for the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths, founded by Betsy McCaughey Ross.<ref>{{citation|title=What happens when you call a briefing and nobody comes?|journal=Modern Healthcare|date=January 16, 2005}}.</ref> He died October 13, 2007, at age 42, in a car crash on his way to a football game at Syracuse University where he had been a student at the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.<ref name="wp">{{citation|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/23/AR2007102302286_pf.html|title=Obituaries: Mark Coyle, Political Consultant|newspaper=Washington Post|date=October 24, 2007|first=Matt|last=Schudel}}.</ref><ref name="hr">{{citation|title=Ex-W.Va. GOP consultant killed in New York crash|url=http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_289223534.html|date=October 16, 2007|last=Porterfield|first=Mannix|journal=The Register-Herald}}.</ref>
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