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| quote = Chicago investment adviser John Cox will not be invited because he did not obtain high enough poll results as required by the party and Fox News Channel.}}</ref> He did attend the debate venue, and conducted several interviews before being, as a campaign press release put it, "kicked off of the Reagan Library grounds, and had his press pass confiscated." <ref>[http://www.campaignline.com/nh/releases/?id=398 Cox Booted From Grounds of Reagan Library Thursday] on nhpols.com accessed at [[October 19]] [[2007]]</ref>.
| quote = Chicago investment adviser John Cox will not be invited because he did not obtain high enough poll results as required by the party and Fox News Channel.}}</ref> He did attend the debate venue and conducted several interviews before he, as a campaign press release put it, was "kicked off of the Reagan Library grounds, and had his press pass confiscated." <ref>[http://www.campaignline.com/nh/releases/?id=398 Cox Booted From Grounds of Reagan Library Thursday] on nhpols.com accessed at [[October 19]] [[2007]]</ref>.


He asked a federal court to stop the [[May 15]], [[2007]] South Carolina debate unless he could take part, asserting in a lawsuit that the South Carolina GOP and Fox News Channel "rigged" their selection process to exclude him by not including his name in the state poll that was used to determine who would allowed in the South Carolina debate. <ref>[http://www.star-telegram.com/238/story/98204.html] '''Dead link''' accessed at [[October 19]] [[2007]]</ref>, however, on Friday, [[May 11]], [[2007]], the judge refused to halt the debate. <ref>[http://www.kttc.com/News/index.php?ID=15065] '''Dead link''' accessed at [[October 19]] [[2007]]</ref>
He asked a federal court to stop the [[May 15]], [[2007]] South Carolina debate unless he could take part, asserting in a lawsuit that the South Carolina GOP and Fox News Channel "rigged" their selection process to exclude him by not including his name in the state poll that was used to determine who would allowed in the South Carolina debate. <ref>[http://www.star-telegram.com/238/story/98204.html] '''Dead link''' accessed at [[October 19]] [[2007]]</ref>, however, on Friday, [[May 11]], [[2007]], the judge refused to halt the debate. <ref>[http://www.kttc.com/News/index.php?ID=15065] '''Dead link''' accessed at [[October 19]] [[2007]]</ref>

Revision as of 19:04, 24 October 2007

"John Cox" redirects here. For other uses, see John Cox (disambiguation).

Template:Future election candidate John Herman Cox (born July 15, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois) is a United States businessman, political candidate, and former host of "Progressive Conservative," a talk show on WJJG 1530 AM in Chicago.

Business achievements

In 1981 John H. Cox founded a law firm specializing in corporate law and tax planning named John H. Cox and Associates Ltd. In addition in 1985 he founded Cox Financial Group Ltd. which specializes in investment counseling, income tax planning, retirement planning and asset protection, in 1995 he founded Equity Property Management a real estate management firm specializing in apartment rental property.

Political campaigns

Cox is unique among the 2008 Republican candidates for President in that he has never been elected to any government position above a board of education.

In 2000 John Cox ran for Congress in Illinois' 10th District to replace retiring Congressman John Porter, losing the Republican Primary race that was won by former Porter aide Mark Kirk.

In 2002 Cox ran for U.S. Senate in Illinois on a conservative platform, aligning himself with "Reagan Republicans." Again, he lost the Republican primary with 23%, losing this time to Jim Durkin. Cox later served as president of the Cook County Republican Party.

In 2004 John Cox garnered 41.43% of the votes against long-time incumbent Democrat Eugene Moore in the Cook County Recorder of Deeds race. Cox said he decided to run for the office in order to eliminate the position; he saw the office as an unnecessary duplication of services and had become a "model of waste and corruption."[citation needed]

Presidential campaign

On March 9, 2006, John Cox announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for U.S. President in 2008, becoming the first Republican to formally enter the 2008 presidential race.[1]

The Cox campaign says that he has visited all 99 counties in Iowa, and according to a schedule posted on his Website[2], he continues to make almost monthly visits there. The schedule also indicates that he has made twelve campaign trips to the primary state of New Hampshire since March, 2006, most recently in February, 2007, and has visited the early primary state of South Carolina at least five times since the announcement of his campaign.

In Iraq, Cox says the creation of employment opportunities for Iraqis in the oil reserves sector would create a means to an end of violence.[citation needed]

Polls have consistently shown Cox with 1% or less of the popular vote. Because of this, Cox was not invited to participate in the 2007 first Republican Presidential debate held May 3, 2007 in the Reagan National Library,[3] nor to the May 15 debate held by South Carolina Republican Party.[4] He did attend the debate venue and conducted several interviews before he, as a campaign press release put it, was "kicked off of the Reagan Library grounds, and had his press pass confiscated." [5].

He asked a federal court to stop the May 15, 2007 South Carolina debate unless he could take part, asserting in a lawsuit that the South Carolina GOP and Fox News Channel "rigged" their selection process to exclude him by not including his name in the state poll that was used to determine who would allowed in the South Carolina debate. [6], however, on Friday, May 11, 2007, the judge refused to halt the debate. [7]

However, Cox will be in a November 6 debate that will air on MSNBC as well as the September 17 Values Voter Debate. [8]

His name was on the ballot in the Ames Straw Poll on August 11th. [9] He came in last place with only 41 votes, which amounted to 0.3% of the vote. His campaign has not reached 1% in any statewide or national GOP poll.

Staffing Issues

As of December 22, 2006, the campaign had committee chairmen in 33 states, including the early caucus and primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. A press release put out by the campaign on October 26, 2006 touted the organization of 104 counties across the nation by volunteers.[10]

However since that point, most state chairs and staff have left the campaign over internal disputes.

Fundraising

In the first quarter of 2007, Cox raised $2,668, according to his campaign's Federal Election Commission report,[11] As of March 30, 2007, Cox had raised $12,106.51 in his race for the GOP nomination from individuals, and had loaned his campaign $745,000. Cox insists that he is providing enough funds to sustain the campaign and that it will be up to those who agree with his message to provide funds for TV and Radio advertising.

In the second quarter of 2007, during the filing period ending June 30, 2007, Cox raised $1,410, lower than any announced candidate for president. As of June 30, 2007, Cox had loaned his campaign over $935,000 and the Cox for President campaign had $11,354.81 on hand. [12]

Personal background

Born on the near north side of Chicago, John Cox is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago where he majored in accounting and political science and of IIT-Chicago-Kent College of Law. He is married to Sarah and has four daughters. He credits his wife as inspiring him to run for president. [13]

He has taught religious education classes at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Glenview. [citation needed]

He has served on a local school board, a zoning board and on the boards of charities such as the American Cancer Society, Boy's Hope/Girls Hope and United Charities.

Cox created a chapter of Rebuilding Together, a nationwide charitable organization that is dedicated to renovating homes for low-income, elderly, disabled, and families with children. Seeing the need for the program in his community, Cox recruited a board and formed the Christmas in April - North Suburban Chicago Chapter.

Cox currently sits on the board of the USO and FireWorks for Kids Foundation.

References

  1. ^ Kouri, Jim and Nathan Tabor. "Election 2008: First Republican Announces Presidential Run." The Conservative Voice. 4 May 2006
  2. ^ Schedule :: John Cox on John Cox official Campaign website accessed on October 19 2007
  3. ^ Dinan, Stephen (2007-05-03). "Outsider wants in at GOP debate". The Washington Times. The Washington Times, LLC. Retrieved 2007-05-05. [H]e will be standing outside the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum in Simi Valley, Calif., during tonight's first Republican candidate debate, arguing that he has as much right to be on the stage as the other candidates do.
  4. ^ The Associated Press (2007-05-03). "GOP invites 10 presidential hopefuls to debate". The Times and Democrat (Orangeburg, South Carolina). The Times and Democrat. Retrieved 2007-05-05. Chicago investment adviser John Cox will not be invited because he did not obtain high enough poll results as required by the party and Fox News Channel.
  5. ^ Cox Booted From Grounds of Reagan Library Thursday on nhpols.com accessed at October 19 2007
  6. ^ [1] Dead link accessed at October 19 2007
  7. ^ [2] Dead link accessed at October 19 2007
  8. ^ Cox to be in MSNBC debate on Newsvine accessed at October 19 2007
  9. ^ http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/10/312172.aspx
  10. ^ "John Cox Presidential Campaign Announces Three State Committee Chairs; 16 States Now Organized for First Announced Candidate of the 2008 Race" (Press release). Cox2008 Committee, Inc. 2006-10-24. Retrieved 2007-05-05. The campaign has volunteer coordinators organizing 104 counties.
  11. ^ Claremont Ruff (Treasurer). "Form 3P for COX 2008 COMMITTEE INC". FEC Form 3P: Report Of Receipts And Disbursements. Federal Election Commission, United States of America. Retrieved 2007-05-05. Total Contributions (Column A, This Period): 2668.00 {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ FEC FORM 3P - REPORT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS on The Federal Election Commission webiste accessed at October 19 2007
  13. ^ http://www.cox2008.com/cox/the_sane_fringe_candidate/
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