Cody Cox
Cody Cox (Republican Party) is running for election to the Tennessee House of Representatives to represent District 38. Cox declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled on August 6, 2026.
Cox completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Cody Cox's career experience includes working as a manager. He served in the U.S. Army National Guard from 2014 to 2020. Cox earned a bachelor's degree from the University of the Cumberlands in 2025.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on August 6, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Republican primary
Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 38
Incumbent Kelly Keisling (R) and Cody Cox (R) are running in the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 38 on August 6, 2026.
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Cody Cox completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Cox's responses.
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- I am running to prevent Tennessee's underdeveloped and impoverished communities from becoming the dumping grounds for out-of-state and large-city trash by protecting the Jackson Law, and making big corporations—not our people—pay for the damage they cause to our water, air, health, infrastructure, and economic future. No more negligent businessmen coming here to make crooked deals. I support giving communities the power to hold them accountable where the state has clearly failed to do so.
- I want to see real results when attempting to break the poverty/addiction cycle, not years of no results. I'll fight for full-time jobs that actually bring family-sustaining wages and competitive benefits. I'll fight to protect the institution of family so that parents can be more active in their children's lives instead of children raising themselves - unable to cope with things they face from lack of support. By protecting our citizens from being worked into the ground and allowing them to be active in their children's lives, we will have less development of chronic illness, better access to healthcare and less disability, less dependency, and less substance abuse. I will fight to break the cycle that crooked politicians have created.
- If elected as your state representative, I will represent you. I will prioritize the common man over the corporate interest. When we shift the tax burden from corporations onto the people, that isn’t opportunity—it’s a disadvantage; it is corporate welfare at the expense of citizens. Thanks to lobbyists and Nashville bureaucrats, the people have been put last. I am by no means saying that businesses should be taxed to death; I am saying they should pay their fair share. As a conservative Republican, I am for tax cuts for honest businesses—not crooked ones that take advantage of the system, monopolize markets, kill competition, and drive up the cost of living for those of us who live here. I support people over party.
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Campaign finance summary
Campaign finance information for this candidate is not yet available from OpenSecrets. That information will be published here once it is available.
See also
2026 Elections
External links
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Candidate Tennessee House of Representatives District 38 |
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 24, 2026
