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Mark Cox (Indiana)

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Mark Cox
Image of Mark Cox
Elections and appointments
Last election

June 2, 2020

Military

Years of service

1991 - 1995

Personal
Birthplace
Louisville, Ky.
Religion
Reformed Baptist
Profession
Project manager, minister
Contact

Mark Cox (Republican Party) ran for election to the Indiana House of Representatives to represent District 73. He lost in the Republican primary on June 2, 2020.

Cox completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Mark Cox was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1991 to 1995. Cox pursued his undergraduate education at Indiana University Southeast and the Law Enforcement Academy at Lackland Air Force Base. His career experience includes working as a minister, project manager, and facility manager.[1]

Elections

2020

See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Indiana House of Representatives District 73

Incumbent Steve Davisson won election in the general election for Indiana House of Representatives District 73 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Steve Davisson
Steve Davisson (R)
 
100.0
 
23,869

Total votes: 23,869
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 73

Incumbent Steve Davisson defeated Mark Cox in the Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 73 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Steve Davisson
Steve Davisson
 
56.2
 
4,083
Image of Mark Cox
Mark Cox Candidate Connection
 
43.8
 
3,186

Total votes: 7,269
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Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Mark Cox completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Cox's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I am a U.S. Marine Military Police Veteran. I have worked in the Trucking, Heavy Equipment and Material Handling Industry as a mechanic and a business owner. Currently I am a project manager at a local Indiana warehouse. My wife and I have four children that we home school and are active members at our church. I am a member of the Southern Indiana Rifle and Pistol Club and enjoy deer hunting. 

I graduated from Charlestown High and joined the Marine Corps in 1991. I toured overseas in Japan and in Operation Restore Hope Somalia Africa. My military and vocational career have given me many opportunities to serve my community and I want to take that experience to the State House.

  • Our 2nd amendment rights are rapidly being diminished. I will advocate for a constitutional carry and I will not allow our liberty to be trampled by "red flag laws"
  • Abortion has been regulated in our state for far to long. While politicians trip over 21 week bans and fetal burial laws, I will put an end to the horrific practice.
  • It is my sincere desire to see our liberty restored and protected from politicians who are plundering taxpayers under the guise of progressivism
-Health Care Cost

-Frivolous spending and over taxation

-Prison reform

-State Sovereignty

-Abortion

-Homeschool/Private School
This office holder must have integrity and not be persuaded by power or money. Because the representative holds the power to submit laws that will impact how the citizens will exercise their freedom.
Rand Paul. Rand Paul recognizes that freedom and rights are given by God and do not come from men in office.
Honesty, Integrity, Faithful adherence to God's law, Flexible, Persistent.
In our time, lobbyist and special interests groups seem to be getting the most attention. We need to get back to a government by the people and for the people and stop focusing most of our attention on isolated groups that are only interested in furthering there specific cause. Our responsibility is first to see to the citizens as a whole. Infrastructure and securing the protection of people are the priority but that cannot happen effectively with out being economically responsible.
I would like for the children in our generation to grow up in a world free from the fallout of legislative apathy and greed, federal tyranny, and be able to live free from the debt of our nations appetite to borrow, at the expense of others.
Spreading hay and pulling weeds on a strawberry farm when I was 15. -worked there 2 years...I have never been without a job since.
The Bible. Because it is the Word of God, it is eternally true and applicable for every area of life.
Stand Up Stand Up For Jesus and in His Strength alone.
It has been a real struggle for me watching my community suffer under the many years of a complacent civil government, and seeing them stay at home on election day because there doesn't seem to be a candidate that would really make a difference. As well as overcoming the reality that God is sovereign and yet requires His people to actively be involved in carrying out the mission of bringing the Gospel truth to the Nations.
Representing the idea of freedom and liberty when lobbyist are asking you to compromise.
No. Business owners and taxpayers have enough experience to know that office holders need to be able to balance a budget in or out of office. Voting no to frivolous spending and liberty violations is easy. Common sense is what is needed -although experience is a valuable benefit if it is tempered with good practice.
Being a business owner has granted me a well rounded view of the difficulties that all businesses face. When bureaucratic nonsense decreases productivity, we need leaders that can cut through the red tape and source the problem to make reasonable solutions.

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 12, 2020


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