John Cowan

[{"question": "Ballotpedia survey responses", "answer_html": "<p>See also: <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a></p>\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xs-10 col-md-6 col-xs-offset-1 col-md-offset-3\"><p><a href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\"><img align=\"middle\" alt=\"Candidate Connection\" src=\"https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/8/88/Candidate_Connection_Logo.png\" width=\"90%\"/></a></p></div></div>\n<p>John Cowan completed <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a> survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Cowan's responses.</p>\n<p><span class=\"expand-all\">Expand all</span> | <span class=\"collapse-all\">Collapse all</span></p>\n<div aria-multiselectable=\"true\" class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\" role=\"tablist\"><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-405831-2026-04-18\" id=\"heading-bio-405831-2026-04-18\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-bio-405831-2026-04-18\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-405831-2026-04-18\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWho are you? Tell us about yourself.\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-bio-405831-2026-04-18\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-bio-405831-2026-04-18\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tI'm Dr. John Cowan — a neurosurgeon, small business owner, husband, and father. For over 20 years, I've cared for patients at the hardest moments of their lives. I've built businesses creating jobs and serving communities across Georgia’s 11th District. I know what it takes to balance a budget, navigate a broken healthcare system, and deliver results when people are counting on you.\r\nI'm running for Congress because Washington is failing hardworking Georgians. We don't need another career politician who talks tough and delivers nothing. We need someone with a proven record of solving hard problems under pressure — someone who will go up there, do the job, and get real results on the issues that matter most to Georgia families.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-405831-2026-04-18\" id=\"heading-key-message-405831-2026-04-18\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-key-message-405831-2026-04-18\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-405831-2026-04-18\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tPlease list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-key-message-405831-2026-04-18\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-key-message-405831-2026-04-18\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><ul><li>Results Over Rhetoric\r\nI'm a neurosurgeon, not a politician. For over two decades, I've been trusted to make life-or-death decisions with steady hands and a clear head. In Congress, you get paid to deliver results — not to go viral, not to pick fights on cable news, not to run for the next office. The 11th District deserves a representative who shows up, does the work, and gets things done. That's the standard I've held myself to my entire career, and it's the standard I'll bring to Washington.</li><li>A Real Outsider, Not Another Career Politician\r\nWashington is broken because the people we send there never leave. They trade stocks on insider information, collect a paycheck for decades, and somehow get rich on a government salary paid by hardworking taxpayers. I'm not part of that club and I never will be. I support term limits for every member of Congress, a total ban on congressional stock trading, and an end to the insider games that have turned public service into a career.</li><li>A Leader with Backbone\r\nAs a neurosurgeon, I know what a backbone is — and I know what being spineless looks like. Too many politicians bend whichever way the political winds blow. I won't. I'll stand up to rein in reckless federal spending, lower the cost of living for American families, put an end to government corruption, secure our border and elections, and put patients — not politicians — back in charge of their own medical care. It's time for leadership that will deliver the results Georgians have been promised for years and never gotten.</li></ul></span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-405831-2026-04-18\" id=\"heading1-405831-2026-04-18\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse1-405831-2026-04-18\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-405831-2026-04-18\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading1-405831-2026-04-18\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse1-405831-2026-04-18\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tTerm limits, economy and affordability, border and election security, and healthcare.<br/>\n<p>It’s time to clean up Washington by banning Congressional stock trading and fighting for term limits. Congress should be public service, not a career.<br/>\r\nFamilies are getting crushed by the cost of living. We have to cut federal spending, slash taxes, unleash American energy, and end burdensome regulations.<br/>\r\nPresident Trump is securing the border. Congress needs to back him up. And we need nationwide Voter ID — make it easy to vote and impossible to cheat.<br/>\n</p>\nAs a physician, I've always put patients first. It's time Washington did the same by pushing the government out of the doctor’s office and putting patients back in charge of their care.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div></div>\n<div class=\"small\" data-nosnippet=\"\"><p><i><b>Note:</b> Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.</i></p></div>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>\n<p>John Cowan did not complete <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection</a> survey.\n</p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1548351617089-0\">\n<script>\ngoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1548351617089-0'); });\n</script>\n</div>\n<div class=\"publirAds\" id=\"div-hre-Ballotpedia---New-3049\"><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.pubads().addEventListener('slotRenderEnded', function(event) { if (event.slot.getSlotElementId() == \"div-hre-Ballotpedia---New-3049\") {googletag.display(\"div-hre-Ballotpedia---New-3049\");} });});</script></div>", "answer_text": "See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection\n\nJohn Cowan completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Cowan's responses.\nExpand all | Collapse all\nWho are you? Tell us about yourself. I'm Dr. John Cowan — a neurosurgeon, small business owner, husband, and father. For over 20 years, I've cared for patients at the hardest moments of their lives. I've built businesses creating jobs and serving communities across Georgia’s 11th District. I know what it takes to balance a budget, navigate a broken healthcare system, and deliver results when people are counting on you.\r\nI'm running for Congress because Washington is failing hardworking Georgians. We don't need another career politician who talks tough and delivers nothing. We need someone with a proven record of solving hard problems under pressure — someone who will go up there, do the job, and get real results on the issues that matter most to Georgia families. Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office? Results Over Rhetoric\r\nI'm a neurosurgeon, not a politician. For over two decades, I've been trusted to make life-or-death decisions with steady hands and a clear head. In Congress, you get paid to deliver results — not to go viral, not to pick fights on cable news, not to run for the next office. The 11th District deserves a representative who shows up, does the work, and gets things done. That's the standard I've held myself to my entire career, and it's the standard I'll bring to Washington. A Real Outsider, Not Another Career Politician\r\nWashington is broken because the people we send there never leave. They trade stocks on insider information, collect a paycheck for decades, and somehow get rich on a government salary paid by hardworking taxpayers. I'm not part of that club and I never will be. I support term limits for every member of Congress, a total ban on congressional stock trading, and an end to the insider games that have turned public service into a career. A Leader with Backbone\r\nAs a neurosurgeon, I know what a backbone is — and I know what being spineless looks like. Too many politicians bend whichever way the political winds blow. I won't. I'll stand up to rein in reckless federal spending, lower the cost of living for American families, put an end to government corruption, secure our border and elections, and put patients — not politicians — back in charge of their own medical care. It's time for leadership that will deliver the results Georgians have been promised for years and never gotten. What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Term limits, economy and affordability, border and election security, and healthcare. It’s time to clean up Washington by banning Congressional stock trading and fighting for term limits. Congress should be public service, not a career. Families are getting crushed by the cost of living. We have to cut federal spending, slash taxes, unleash American energy, and end burdensome regulations. President Trump is securing the border. Congress needs to back him up. And we need nationwide Voter ID — make it easy to vote and impossible to cheat. As a physician, I've always put patients first. It's time Washington did the same by pushing the government out of the doctor’s office and putting patients back in charge of their care.\nNote: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.\n\nJohn Cowan did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey."}]