John A. Cox | |
State Delegate: | Virginia |
District: | 55th |
Term Start: | January 2010 |
Term End: | 2014 |
Preceded: | Frank D. Hargrove |
Succeeded: | Buddy Fowler |
Birth Date: | 13 October 1944 |
Birth Place: | Wilmington, North Carolina |
Party: | Republican |
Spouse: | Dorothy Mae Compton Cox |
Occupation: | Executive |
Committees: | Militia Police and Public Safety, Privileges and Elections, Transportation |
John Cox (born October 13, 1944) was a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates. He represented the 55th district, which includes part of Hanover County.[1]
Cox announced that he would not run for reelection in 2013.[2]
Cox ran in the 2009 election for the Virginia House of Delegates in the 55th district, with the aim of replacing retiring delegate Frank Hargrove. In a three-way primary, Cox narrowly defeated Rusty McGuire by 232 votes. In the general election, Cox defeated Democrat Robert Barnette by a huge margin of almost fifty points.