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-'''John H. Cox''' is a [[conservative]] talk show host and businessman from [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] running for [[President of the United States]]. He was the first Republican to formally announce his candidacy.<ref>http://students.uis.edu/araut01s/john-cox-announces.html</ref>
-A [[millionaire]], Cox is president of the Cox Financial Group in [[Chicago]], a privately held business.  He has previously run for political office several times, for the [[U.S. Congress]], [[U.S. Senate]], and Cook County Recorder of Deeds.  He lost the Republican primaries for both the Congress and Senate races, and lost the Cook County Recorder of Deeds race where he carried 41% of the vote against the Democratic Party incumbent.  He has served as president of the Cook County Republican Party and on the boards of several charities including the [[USO]].
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-To date he has not been included in most of the televised national debates nor many polls, although he was included in the [[Iowa Straw Poll]] of August 11, 2007, where he placed last out of the 11 candidates included.  The straw poll was won by [[Mitt Romney]].
-He was recently in the [[Values Voter Debate]] where he received only two votes in the following straw poll.<ref>http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/234298.aspx</ref> The Values Voter Straw Poll was won by [[Conservative]] candidate, [[Mike Huckabee]], who received 219 votes.
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-==External links==
-* [http://www.cox2008.com/cox/ Official Campaign website]
-* [http://www.theweeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/642dsifq.asp ''The Sane Fringe Candidate'' by Matt Labash, ''Weekly Standard'' 5/21/2007]
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-[[Category:2008 Presidential Candidates]]
-[[Category: Republican Party]]

Difference between revisions of "John H. Cox"

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