Tom Cox (Kansas politician)

Tom Cox
Tom Cox
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives; from the 17th district
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 9, 2017
Preceded by	Brett Hildabrand
Succeeded by	Jo Ella Hoye (elect)
Personal details
Born	Shawnee, Kansas
Political party	Republican

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.

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

"Meet Tom". Tom Cox Website. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
"Representative Tom Cox". Kslegislature.org. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
"Meet Tom". Tom Cox Website. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
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.
Kansas Secretary of State (2020-06-01). "Kansas 2020 Primary Election Results". Kansas Secretary of State. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
"Representative Tom Cox". Kslegislature.org. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
"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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[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.

Members of the Kansas House of Representatives
Speaker of the House: Ron Ryckman Jr. (R) Speaker pro tempore: Blaine Finch (R) Majority Leader: Daniel Hawkins (R) Minority Leader: Tom Sawyer (D)
Michael Houser (R) Kenneth Collins (R) Chuck Smith (R) Trevor Jacobs (R) Mark Samsel (R) Samantha Poetter (R) Richard Proehl (R) Chris Croft (R) Kent Thompson (R) Christina Haswood (D) Jim Kelly (R) Doug Blex (R) Joe Newland (R) Charlotte Esau (R) John Toplikar (R) Linda Featherston (D) Jo Ella Hoye (D) Cindy Neighbor (D) Stephanie Clayton (D) Mari-Lynn Poskin (D) Jerry Stogsdill (D) Lindsay Vaughn (D) Susan Ruiz (D) Jarrod Ousley (D) Rui Xu (D) Adam Thomas (R) Sean Tarwater (R) Carl Turner (R) Brett Parker (D) Brandon Woodard (D) Louis Ruiz (D) Pam Curtis (D) Tom Burroughs (D) Valdenia Winn (D) Broderick Henderson (D) Kathy Wolfe Moore (D) Aaron Coleman (I) Timothy Johnson (R) Owen Donohoe (R) David French (R) Pat Proctor (R) Lance Neelly (R) Bill Sutton (R) Barbara Ballard (D) Mike Amyx (D) Dennis Highberger (D) Ronald Ellis (R) Jennifer Day (D) Megan Lynn (R) Fred Patton (R) Ron Highland (R) Jesse Borjon (R) Jim Gartner (D) Ken Corbet (R) Annie Kuether (D) Virgil Weigel (D) John Alcala (D) Vic Miller (D) Blaine Finch (R) Mark Schreiber (R) Francis Awerkamp (R) Randy Garber (R) John Eplee (R) Suzi Carlson (R) Lonnie Clark (R) Sydney Carlin (D) Mike Dodson (R) Dave Baker (R) Clarke Sanders (R) John Barker (R) Steven K. Howe (R) Avery Anderson (R) Les Mason (R) Stephen Owens (R) Will Carpenter (R) Eric Smith (R) Kristey Williams (R) Ron Ryckman Jr. (R) Cheryl Helmer (R) Bill Rhiley (R) Blake Carpenter (R) Jesse Burris (R) Henry Helgerson (D) Gail Finney (D) Patrick Penn (R) Stephanie Byers (D) Susan Estes (R) Elizabeth Bishop (D) KC Ohaebosim (D) Steve Huebert (R) Emil Bergquist (R) John Carmichael (D) Brian Bergkamp (R) Leo Delperdang (R) Tom Sawyer (D) Tom Kessler (R) Nick Hoheisel (R) Ron Howard (R) Susan Humphries (R) Daniel Hawkins (R) Joe Seiwert (R) Jason Probst (D) Ponka-We Victors (D) Paul Waggoner (R) Brenda Landwehr (R) Lisa Moser (R) Susan Concannon (R) Steven C. Johnson (R) Troy Waymaster (R) Ken Rahjes (R) Barbara Wasinger (R) Tory Marie Arnberger (R) Brett Fairchild (R) Michael Murphy (R) Boyd Orr (R) Kyle Hoffman (R) Tatum Lee-Hahn (R) Jim Minnix (R) Bradley Ralph (R) Adam Smith (R) John Resman (R) Russell Jennings (R) John Wheeler (R) Martin Long (R) Shannon Francis (R)
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