Clay Cox is an American businessman and politician from Georgia. Cox is a Republican Party member of

Georgia House of Representatives The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower house of the Georgia General Assembly (the state legislature) of the U.S. state of Georgia. There are currently 180 elected members. Republicans have had a majority in the chamber since 2005. ...

from the 108th District, serving from 9 January 2017 until 14 January 2019.

Education

Cox earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from

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Career

In 1992, as a businessman, Cox became a Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Professional Probation Services Incorporated. On November 2, 2004, Cox won the election and became a

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member of

for District 102. Cox defeated Carl Bergman with 69.06% of the votes. Cox unsuccessfully ran for the

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in 2010. On November 8, 2016, Cox won the election and became a

member of

for District 108. Cox defeated Tokhir "T.K." Radjabov with 52.65% of the votes. 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.

Personal life

Cox's wife is Alisa Cox. They have two children. Cox and his family live in

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References

External links

Clay Cox at ballotpedia.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cox, Clay Living people Republican Party members of the Georgia House of Representatives 21st-century American legislators People from Lilburn, Georgia Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Georgia (U.S. state) politicians