Clay Cox | |
State House1: | Georgia |
District1: | 102nd |
Term Start1: | January 10, 2005 |
Term End1: | January 10, 2011 |
Predecessor1: | Butch Parrish |
Successor1: | B. J. Pak |
State House2: | Georgia |
District2: | 108th |
Term Start2: | January 9, 2017 |
Term End2: | January 14, 2019 |
Predecessor2: | B. J. Pak |
Successor2: | Jasmine Clark |
Birth Place: | Lilburn, Georgia, U.S. |
Party: | Republican |
Occupation: | Businessman, politician |
Clay Cox is an American businessman and politician from Georgia. Cox is a Republican Party member of Georgia House of Representatives from the 108th District, serving from 9 January 2017 until 14 January 2019.
Cox earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Western Carolina University.
In 1992, as a businessman, Cox became a Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Professional Probation Services Incorporated.[1]
On November 2, 2004, Cox won the election and became a Republican member of Georgia House of Representatives for District 102. Cox defeated Carl Bergman with 69.06% of the votes.[2] Cox unsuccessfully ran for the United States House of Representatives in Georgia's 7th congressional district in 2010.[3]
On November 8, 2016, Cox won the election and became a Republican member of Georgia House of Representatives for District 108. Cox defeated Tokhir "T.K." Radjabov with 52.65% of the votes.[4] On November 6, 2018, Cox lost the election. Cox was defeated by Jasmine Clark by a few hundred votes. Cox received only 49.32% of the votes.[5] [6] [7] [8]
Cox's wife is Alisa Cox. They have two children. Cox and his family live in Lilburn, Georgia.[1]