Tom Cox (Kansas politician)

Tom Cox is an American politician who currently serves in the Kansas House of Representatives representing the 17th District in Johnson County, Kansas.[1] A resident of Shawnee, Kansas, he was elected in 2016 and reelected in 2018. Representative Cox currently serves as vice chairman of the House Insurance Committee, a position he has held since January 2019.[2] He is a graduate of the University of Kansas and has worked in business in Kansas and in San Diego, California.[3] He is running for the Kansas Senate in the 10th District, challenging Sen. Mike Thompson in the August 2020 Republican primary.[4] Thompson was appointed to succeed former Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook in January 2020.

Tom Cox
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives
from the 17th district
Assumed office
January 9, 2017
Preceded byBrett Hildabrand
Succeeded byJo Ella Hoye (elect)
Personal details
BornShawnee, Kansas
Political partyRepublican

Senator Thompson defeated Representative Cox in the Aug. 4, 2020 Republican primary.[5]

2019-2020 Kansas House of Representatives Committee Assignments[6]

  • Vice Chairman of Insurance
  • Financial Institutions and Pensions
  • Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
  • Transportation
  • Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations
  • 2019 Special Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance

2017-2018 Kansas House of Representatives Committee Assignments[7]

  • Local Government
  • Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
  • Judiciary
  • Insurance
  • Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations

References
  1. "Meet Tom". Tom Cox Website. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  2. "Representative Tom Cox". Kslegislature.org. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  3. "Meet Tom". Tom Cox Website. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  4. Jay Senter (2019-05-07). "Rep. Tom Cox announces he's running for Mary Pilcher-Cook's seat in Kansas Senate". Shawnee Mission Post. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  5. Kansas Secretary of State (2020-06-01). "Kansas 2020 Primary Election Results". Kansas Secretary of State. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  6. "Representative Tom Cox". Kslegislature.org. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  7. "Representative Tom Cox". Kslegislature.org. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
Kansas House of Representatives
Preceded by
Brett Hildabrand		 Kansas House of Representatives Representative from the 17th District
2017 - Present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Willie Dove		 Kansas House of Representatives Vice Chairman of the Insurance Committee
2019 - Present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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