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Adam Cook
| Adam Cook | ||
| Candidate for | ||
| U.S. House, Virginia, District 1 | ||
| Party | Democratic | |
| Education | ||
| Bachelor's | University of Pennsylvania | |
| Master's | UCLA School of Law | |
| Military service | ||
| Service/branch | US Air Force | |
| Years of service | six years | |
| Websites | ||
| Campaign website | ||
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Biography
Cook grew up in Southern California before his family moved to the Fredericksburg area to found Calvary Church in the area. Cook graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and then the law school of UCLA. He briefly worked as a general counsel for a aerospace startup and then joined the US Air Force's JAG Corp. He served on active duty for six years in the JAG Corp. In 2009, he went into the Air Force reserves and joined the Social Security Administration’s Office of the General Counsel. His most recent tour was in 2011 where he was deployed in Afghanistan.[2]
Issues
Campaign themes
According to Cook's website, his campaign themes included:
- Jobs: "support increasing aid to states to stop the layoffs of police, firefighters, and teachers, creating another 400,000 good jobs while making our communities safer and ensuring a brighter future for America’s children."
- Deficit: "...a balanced and realistic approach to reducing the deficit requires that we ask at least as much from the wealthy and the special interests as we do from the middle class."
- Healthcare: "...we must improve on the reforms in the President’s health care law to control costs and improve access to health care for all American families."[3]
Elections
2012
Cook ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing Virginia's 1st District. He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. He faced Republican incumbent Rob Wittman and Gail Parker (I) in the November general election.[4] He was defeated by Rob Wittman on November 6, 2012.[5]
| U.S. House, Virginia, District 1 General Election, 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Adam Cook | 41.2% | 147,036 | |
| Republican |  Robert J. Wittman Incumbent |
56.3% | 200,845 | |
| Independent | Gail Parker | 2.3% | 8,308 | |
| Write-In | N/A | 0.2% | 617 | |
| Total Votes | 356,806 | |||
| Source: Virginia State Board of Elections "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Campaign donors
2012
Cook lost an election to the U.S. House in 2012. During that election cycle, Cook's campaign committee raised a total of $187,847 and spent $187,843.[6]
| U.S. House, Virginia District 1, 2012 - Adam Cook Campaign Contributions | |
|---|---|
| Total Raised | $187,847 |
| Total Spent | $187,843 |
| Total Raised by Election Winner | $950,387 |
| Total Spent by Election Winner | $764,995 |
| Top contributors to Adam Cook's campaign committee | |
| Deedod Inc | $5,300 |
| Delta Bridge | $5,000 |
| GTCR LLC | $5,000 |
| Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers | $5,000 |
| Ironworkers Union | $5,000 |
| Top 5 industries that contributed to campaign committee | |
| Retired | $18,835 |
| Building Trade Unions | $10,000 |
| Education | $8,250 |
| Industrial Unions | $7,500 |
| Lawyers/Law Firms | $6,100 |
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- Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Pulitzer Finalist About the Iraq War - LA Weekly (blog)
- Campus Cooks Aims to Supply Good Food to Greek Houses - Businessweek
- People in the News - The State Journal-Register
- Idaho Press Club awards for 2012 contest - San Francisco Chronicle
- Local Beat - Corsicana Daily Sun
- A Century of Proust - New York Times
- Solomon Butcher: A man ahead of his time - Lincoln Journal Star
- Summer Movie Release Schedule - New York Times
- Suspect in Mingo Sheriff Murder Pleads Not Guilty - WSAZ-TV
- Buck Mckeon Makes Appointment To New Military Rape Review Panal - KHTS Radio
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External links
References
- ↑ ABC News "2012 General Election Results"
- ↑ Cook for Congress, "Meet Adam," Accessed September 19, 2012
- ↑ Cook for Congress, "Issues," Accessed September 19, 2012
- ↑ Fredericksburg Freelance-Star "Wittman re-election bid to make stop in Stafford," May 18, 2012
- ↑ ABC News "2012 General Election Results"
- ↑ Open Secrets "Adam Cook 2012 Election Cycle," Accessed April 9, 2013
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