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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 achievementsIn 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 campaignsCox is unique among the Republican contenders 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 campaignOn 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,[1] nor to the May 15 debate held by South Carolina Republican Party.[2] 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." [3]. 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. [4], however, on Friday, May 11, 2007, the judge refused to halt the debate. [5] His name was on the ballot in the Ames Straw Poll on August 11th. [3] He came in last place with only 41 votes, which amounted to 0.3% of the vote. Staffing IssuesAs 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.[4] However since that point, most state chairs and staff have left the campaign over internal disputes. FundraisingIn the first quarter of 2007, Cox raised $2,668, according to his campaign's Federal Election Commission report,[5] 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. [6] Personal backgroundBorn 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. [6] 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
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