Dan Cox (Maryland)

Dan Cox

Republican Party

Prior offices

Maryland House of Delegates District 4

Successor: April Fleming Miller

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Elections and appointments

Last election

May 14, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

University of Maryland, University College, 2002

Law

Regent University, 2006

Personal

Birthplace

District of Columbia

Profession

Attorney

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Dan Cox (Republican Party) was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 4. He assumed office on January 9, 2019. He left office on January 11, 2023.

Cox (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Maryland's 6th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on May 14, 2024.

Biography

Dan Cox was born in Washington, D.C., and has lived in Frederick County, Maryland. Cox earned a B.S. in political science and government from the University of Maryland University College in 2002 and a J.D. from Regent University in 2006. His career experience includes working as the principal and an attorney with The Cox Law Center, an associate civil litigation attorney with the Law Offices of John Seipp, and a high school teacher with Walkersville Christian Family Schools.

Sponsored legislation

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Elections

2024

See also: Maryland's 6th Congressional District election, 2024

Maryland's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 14 Democratic primary)

Maryland's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 14 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 6

April McClain-Delaney defeated Neil Parrott in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 6 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		April McClain-Delaney (D)	52.1	182,891
		Neil Parrott (R)	47.9	168,220

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	There were no incumbents in this race. Source	Total votes: 351,111
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jason Johnson (Independent)
• Moshe Landman (G)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 6

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 6 on May 14, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		April McClain-Delaney	40.4	22,985
		Joe Vogel	26.2	14,940
		Ashwani Jain	8.3	4,750
		Tekesha Martinez	7.0	3,992
		Lesley Lopez	4.6	2,600
		Laurie-Anne Sayles	3.2	1,845
		Destiny West	1.9	1,086
		Mohammad Mozumder	1.8	1,005
		Joel Rubin	1.4	820
		Peter Choharis	1.4	818
		Geoffrey Grammer	1.1	651
		George Gluck	0.8	437
		Kiambo White	0.7	401
		Stephen McDow	0.4	246
		Altimont Wilks	0.3	179
		Adrian Petrus	0.3	166

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 56,921
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mia Mason (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 6

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 6 on May 14, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Neil Parrott	45.9	22,604
		Dan Cox	30.1	14,797
		Mariela Roca	12.3	6,071
		Tom Royals	4.2	2,060
		Chris Hyser	3.3	1,625
		Brenda Thiam	3.3	1,607
		Todd Puglisi	0.9	446

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 49,210
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Heath Barnes (R)

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2022

See also: Maryland gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022

General election

General election for Governor of Maryland

The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Maryland on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Wes Moore (D)	64.5	1,293,944
		Dan Cox (R)	32.1	644,000
		David Lashar (L)	1.5	30,101
		David Harding (Working Class Party)	0.9	17,154
		Nancy Wallace (G)	0.7	14,580
		Kyle Sefcik (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	596
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	4,848

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,005,223
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Maryland

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Maryland on July 19, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Wes Moore	32.4	217,524
		Tom Perez	30.1	202,175
		Peter Franchot	21.1	141,586
		Rushern Baker III (Unofficially withdrew)	4.0	26,594
		Douglas F. Gansler	3.8	25,481
		John B. King Jr.	3.7	24,882
		Ashwani Jain	2.1	13,784
		Jon Baron	1.8	11,880
		Jerry Segal	0.6	4,276
		Ralph Jaffe	0.4	2,978

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 671,160
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Laura Neuman (D)
• Mike Rosenbaum (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Maryland

Dan Cox defeated Kelly Schulz, Robin Ficker, and Joe Werner in the Republican primary for Governor of Maryland on July 19, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dan Cox	52.0	153,423
		Kelly Schulz	43.5	128,302
		Robin Ficker	2.8	8,268
		Joe Werner	1.7	5,075

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 295,068
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2018

See also: Maryland House of Delegates elections, 2018

General election

General election for Maryland House of Delegates District 4 (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Maryland House of Delegates District 4 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dan Cox (R)	20.6	33,303
✔		Barrie Ciliberti (R)	19.7	31,817
✔		Jesse Pippy (R)	19.2	31,071
		Lois Jarman (D)	14.1	22,807
		Ysela Bravo (D)	13.6	21,901
		Darrin Smith (D)	12.7	20,462
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	92

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 161,453 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 4 (3 seats)

Lois Jarman, Ysela Bravo, and Darrin Smith advanced from the Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 4 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lois Jarman	35.3	5,755
✔		Ysela Bravo	34.8	5,668
✔		Darrin Smith	29.8	4,860

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 16,283
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 4 (3 seats)

Dan Cox, Jesse Pippy, and incumbent Barrie Ciliberti advanced from the Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 4 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dan Cox	35.5	7,728
✔		Jesse Pippy	32.4	7,052
✔		Barrie Ciliberti	32.2	7,018

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 21,798
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2016

See also: Maryland's 8th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. In Maryland's 8th Congressional District, incumbent Chris Van Hollen (D) chose not to run for re-election in 2016, instead seeking election to the U.S. Senate. Jamie Raskin (D) defeated Dan Cox (R), Nancy Wallace (Green), and Jasen Wunder (Libertarian) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Raskin defeated eight other candidates in the Democratic primary, while Cox defeated Jeffrey Jones, Elizabeth Matory, Aryeh Shudofsky and Shelly Skolnick to win the Republican nomination. Additionally, Wallace defeated Charles Galloway and Elizabeth Croydon to win the Green Party primary. The primary elections took place on April 26, 2016.

U.S. House, Maryland District 8 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jamie Raskin	60.6%	220,657
	Republican	Dan Cox	34.2%	124,651
	Green	Nancy Wallace	3.1%	11,201
	Libertarian	Jasen Wunder	2%	7,283
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	532
Total Votes				364,324
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections

U.S. House, Maryland District 8 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jamie Raskin	33.6%	43,776
David Trone	27.1%	35,400
Kathleen Matthews	23.9%	31,186
Ana Sol Gutierrez	5.5%	7,185
William Jawando	4.6%	6,058
Kumar Barve	2.4%	3,149
David Anderson	1.2%	1,511
Joel Rubin	1.1%	1,426
Dan Bolling	0.5%	712
Total Votes		130,403
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections

U.S. House, Maryland District 8 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Dan Cox	44.4%	20,647
Jeffrey Jones	20.1%	9,343
Elizabeth Matory	15.7%	7,295
Shelly Skolnick	12.5%	5,835
Aryeh Shudofsky	7.4%	3,421
Total Votes		46,541
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Dan Cox did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign website

Cox’s campaign website stated the following:

“	Rebuild the Greatest Economy in History Real wages quickly increased as a result of the America First policies of President Trump and conservative Members of Congress, and median household income reached the highest level in the history of our country, while poverty reached a record low. Dan Cox's vision for America’s economic revival is lower taxes, bigger paychecks, and more jobs for American workers. He will vote to stop the reckless Biden overspending, causing inflation and massive deficits, and restore economic stability to America and our dollar. Fair Trade for the American Worker Fair and reciprocal trade is essential for the prosperity of all nations. It is important to recognize that we cannot have free and open trade if some countries exploit the system at the expense of others. We need to replace decades of calamitous multinational trade blunders with fair and reciprocal trade that returns jobs, wealth, and manufacturing to America. Dan Cox will vote to make the United States no longer reliant upon other countries for energy, essential medical and national security goods. Unleash Energy Dominance Before the Biden administration reversed the Trump Energy Revolution, the United States had become the world’s largest producer of oil and natural gas, achieving energy independence and delivering historically low costs for oil, gas, diesel, and electricity to consumers and businesses. The current administrations energy policies have led to the enrichment of foreign adversaries abroad. Dan Cox will vote to once again unleash the production of domestic energy resources, reduce the soaring price of gasoline, diesel and natural gas, promote energy security for us and our friends around the world, eliminate the socialist Green New Deal and ensure the United States is never again at the mercy of a foreign supplier of energy. Secure our Borders, Win the War on Drug Cartels, Stop Human Trafficking and Reclaim our National Sovereignty The Biden administration has suspended immigration enforcement. The influx of illegal aliens crossing the border poses a threat to public safety, drains the treasury, and burdens schools and hospitals. The Biden administration’s policies have been criticized for creating a sanctuary for dangerous criminal aliens. Dan Cox will vote to restore the Remain in Mexico policy, end catch-and-release, eliminate asylum fraud, defend the right of States to close and protect their borders and fund the deportation of illegal aliens on Day One after I am sworn in. Dan Cox will support a merit-based immigration system that prioritizes American labor and values. The Open Border is allowing the influx of deadly drugs, opioids, and fentanyl into the country, and is facilitating the largest child, sex and human trafficking industry in the world. Dan Cox will vote and fight to end this travesty and is the only candidate in the race who has passed Legislation to combat international sex trafficking during his time in the Maryland legislature, securing a unanimous Floor vote in its passage. (Sanctuary State Floor Debate) Stop Crime and Restore Safety Of highest priority is quickly restoring law and order and public safety in America. Dan Cox stands with the heroes of law enforcement. Joe Biden and the radical left politicians have defunded, defamed, and targeted for prosecution and loss of civil rights the brave officers and their police forces across America. Murders have spiked to all-time highs in Democrat-run cities and radical prosecutors and District Attorneys have given free rein to violent criminals who threaten our citizens. Dan Cox will vote to revitalize police departments and reclaim safety, dignity, and peace for law-abiding Americans. He will work to deliver record funding to hire and retrain police officers, strengthen qualified immunity and other protections for police officers, increase penalties for assaults on law enforcement, put violent offenders and career criminals behind bars, and surge federal prosecutors and the National Guard into high-crime communities. Renew American Leadership, Restore Peace through Strength, and Reject Globalism Dan Cox stands with President Reagan and President Trump’s “Peace through Strength” initiatives that kept America out of never-ending wars. Joe Biden has undermined our military readiness and surrendered our strength to the Taliban, enabling Iran and its proxy war with our ally Israel. Dan Cox will stand with President Trump to defend America against all threats, protect America against all dangers, and keep America out of unnecessary foreign wars. Dan will also vote to get Biden’s radical left ideology out of our military and rehire every patriot who was unjustly fired. Dan Cox will also vote to protect our people from the threat of nuclear weapons and hypersonic missiles, by supporting a state-of-the-art next-generation missile defense shield. Dan believes strongly that NATO must pay its fair share for Europe’s defense. Additionally, Dan Cox will vote to deny the World Health Organization treaty authority over the healthcare of Americans by demanding a rejection of the proposed “Pandemic Emergency” treaty. Dan stands in opposition to the globalist World Economic Forum’s goals of “owning nothing” and will vote to deny any central bank currency from passage. Veterans First - Dan Cox Fights for Veterans While Washington politicians poured precious American blood and treasure into misguided military adventures overseas, those who proudly wore our nation’s uniform were dying waiting for medical care at home. Dan Cox’s legislation to assist Maryland veterans with alternative care coverage in the Annapolis State House as Delegate passed unanimously after several years of labor under a veteran colleague’s bill. That bill as originally authored - which Dan championed as the “End 22-A-Day Act” which was endorsed by the Maryland House Veteran’s Caucus, helped secure additional funding for alternative healthcare, exercise programs, mental health services, and expanded access to suicide prevention resources. Dan Cox will fight to serve our veterans with better care and benefits as their sacrifice for our freedoms and deserve. American Seniors and Working Families Deserve Healthcare that Works for Them Dan Cox stands with Seniors in opposing changes to the Social Security and Medicare systems that would take away their vested rights and interests. Seniors should not be faced with changing goal posts, with retirement ages constantly being pushed older and older. Medicare must cover their healthcare and their prescriptions, and equality for their quality of life must be guaranteed in all healthcare and hospital situations. Dan Cox is the only candidate in this race who has sponsored legislation to do just that - to empower and protect Seniors in their healthcare equality. Dan has also voted for historic protections from spiking insulin and other life-saving drug costs, and gave a Floor speech to prevent the cutting off of the right to try experimental treatments of cancer for children and others who need to try last options to live. Dan Cox stand opposed to any legislation enabling insurance companies to incentivize death, and is the only candidate in this race who has helped stop assisted suicide from becoming law. American patients should be empowered greatly by the expanding healthcare choice, transparency, and affordability. Increased competition in the health insurance market and lowering drug prices is essential for all. Dan Cox will vote to stop any and all COVID mandates and restore medical freedom, end surprise medical billing, increase fairness through price transparency, and further reduce the cost of prescription drugs and health insurance premiums. We should will always protect Medicare, Social Security, and patients with pre-existing conditions. Dan Cox is a Proven Champion of Parental Rights No other candidate in this race has fought as tirelessly for parental rights as has Dan Cox. As Delegate, he fought to prevent government control over parent’s wise decisions over their children including education, healthcare, religious freedom, and opposing gender theory indoctrination. Dan voted and worked to expand charter schools and school choice for America’s children, including vouchers and tax credits. He fought to reopen schools during the lockdowns and ensure our kids received the education they are constitutionally promised here in Maryland. He voted to secure historic permanent funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and has worked to protect free speech on college campuses. He has voted and worked against Critical Race Theory and gender ideology from being pushed on our children. Dan Cox will vote to reward states and school districts that abolish teacher tenure for grades K-12 and adopt Merit Pay, cut the number of school administrators. Dan’s Parental Rights Act was championed in bi-partisan manner in the Maryland Legislature and he is pleased that after this effort, the United States Congress adopted a Parental Bill of Rights largely mirroring his legislation and that of other states. Dan Cox will work to support and implement the direct election of school principals and school boards by parents. Defend Constitutional Law and Liberty As State Delegate Dan Cox fought for our First Amendment and Second Amendment liberties - including House Floor speeches (see below) and hours of Judiciary Committee testimony and questions defending these first liberties, as well as other provisions the Bill of Rights under attack, such as the Fourth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment. He stood strong supporting President Donald J. Trump who appointed nearly 300 federal judges to interpret the Constitution as written and preserve the extraordinary vision of our founding fathers. Dan Cox stood unwaveringly behind President Trump’s nominations and the Senate’s confirmation of three strong Constitutionalists to the United States Supreme Court who will ensure the law is upheld equally, fairly and without political prejudice for all of our citizens. President Trump’s three appointees delivered the biggest win for life in a generation in overturning Roe v. Wade and expanded the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. As a Member of Congress, Dan Cox will continue to support qualified prosecutors, judges, and justices who believe in enforcing the law, not their own political agenda. He will also always defend your Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, and uphold your religious liberty, including the Constitutional right to pray in public schools. Free and Secure Elections Dan Cox is committed to the honesty of our elections and the integrity of our Republic. He will vote and work to reform our election laws to require voter ID, paper ballots and hand-counting, and Election Day voting, so that we verify the identity and eligibility of all voters to ensure faith and confidence in all future elections. Dan Cox is the only candidate who has worked to pass a bold range of critical election integrity measures that include banning unsecure drop boxes and ballot harvesting, and has sponsored legislation requiring election ballot audits to be done prior to certification of candidates and secured in litigation that went to the Supreme Court of the United States a ruling that mandates Maryland election laws may not be suspended during elections. State and local officials cannot be permitted to make illegal and unconstitutional changes to election procedures without the required approvals by the state legislatures. Dan Cox has also worked to ban private money from pouring into local election offices.	”
—Dan Cox’s campaign website (2024)

2022

Dan Cox completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. 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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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

State Delegate Dan Cox has been fighting for the rule of law and our constitutional rights as a constitutional lawyer, businessman and elected official for nearly two decades.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Restore Freedom and End All Mandates, No Vaccine passports
• Reduce Inflation by Suspending the Gas Tax, Reducing property taxes, reducing budget spending and returning the federal tax cuts to the people
• Restore Parental rights, End CRT and Gender indoctrination, and end the sanctuary state. Make Maryland Safe and Great Again.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Economy - never lock down our businesses and churches again.
Parents - put us back in charge of our children's education and curriculum.
Police - back the Blue, double pay and officers, restore full quasi-immunity.
Constitution - restore Freedom and end the mask and vaccine mandates. Stop the vaccine passport and Global Pandemic Prevention Center's plans to monitor the health of humans (my opponent founded and supports).
Election integrity - audit the 2020 election, one-day voting, paper ballots and hand counting, no machines.

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Campaign website

Cox's campaign website stated the following:

“	State Delegate Dan Cox stood firm in support of our law enforcement with the Republican House and Senate Caucuses in defense of our Thin Blue Line, defeating many “defund the police” bills, while significantly amending the police “reform” bills that passed. Delegate Cox is a staunch defender of the rule of law and of our Bill of Rights, and the practical application of those rights under the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the US Constitution. “[In the Maryland House of Delegates] State Delegate Dan Cox stood up, stood alone, to defend the rights of Maryland citizens. He gave an impassioned speech and walked off the legislative floor in protest of blatant legislative misconduct [closing the House Judiciary Committee to the People without live-streaming debate and while continuing to vote on bills during the lockdown].” His Committee then reversed course and began to broadcast the votes and debate online. - Endorsement for Governor by thousands of parents and professionals with Informed Choice Maryland. Dan stands with parents and teachers fighting against the Bloated Bureaucracy State Public School “SuperBoard.” Dan stands for parental rights in the classroom. Dan is against gender identity indoctrination in our schools. Dan Cox stands against Critical Race Theory in Maryland schools. Dan has protected our natural right to build firearms, a right which George Washington exercised to win our Independence. Dan sustained the Governor’s veto of HB 4 - “Long Gun Transfer Act.” Dan supports constitutional carry and shall-issue permits for full reciprocity in the U.S. Dan stood against a Communist Party of China (CCP)-Style Gun Tracking bill with its patent in his Judiciary Committee. Dan presented a Bill, “Consent of the Governed Act,” to re-establish Constitutional governance in Maryland, ending the lockdowns. Dan spoke out against the lockdowns on State Capital Grounds in May 2020. Dan stood with small businesses through the unconstitutional lockdown. Dan opposed HB 403 which would allow Maryland to become a sanctuary state. Dan recognizes the danger of gerrymandering in Maryland. Dan opposed the Police Reform bill on the House Floor. Dan recognizes the sacrifice Police Officers make and backs the blue. Dan defends the integrity of our courts and justice systems. Dan believes that power belongs to the people. Dan stands to restore freedom to the people.	”
—Dan Cox's campaign website (2022)

2016

The following issues were listed on Cox's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“	Life: Dan Cox defends the Constitution and right to all human life, from conception to natural death. As a constitutional attorney he has protected the unborn and our First Amendment right to speak up on behalf of the unborn in Swagler, et al v. Harford County, et al, helping his clients’ team win a $500,000 award in defense of life and liberty after his college student clients were arrested and strip-searched for simply speaking out for the right to life of the unborn. Liberty: Dan Cox is a dedicated 2nd Amendment gun owner, defender, hunter and Maryland “shall issue” supporter. He has been shooting and hunting since about age 8, and has taught his children in doing the same. In court and in the law he has defended the natural and constitutional right to bear arms. Dan Cox also defends the civil rights of employees from unconstitutional and illegal discrimination, and the rights of employers, families, and small businesses from frivolous claims and overreaching officials. Property: Dan Cox defends the property rights of Maryland citizens from both unconstitutional government takings or interference and his case McCullough v. Town of S., resulted in opening up the entire Town’s historic vacant lots for building use when the zoning commission had arbitrarily deemed them too small for building lots, effectively taking away the private property rights of citizens. Immigration enforcement, Protecting the Border & Ending Sanctuary Cities: Dan Cox has fought illegal immigration by authoring legislation as an elected Town Councilman to end sanctuary cities. He supports mandating E-verify and fully enforcing immigration law. If elected he will work to pass Kate’s Law, which will cut off federal funding to cities that violate federal immigration law by allowing violent criminals to go free and kill innocent citizens, as happened recently in San Fransisco. Families, Farms, and Freedom: As a small, organic-style farm owner, Dan Cox has lived out the freedom of the American family farmer. As an attorney, he has courageously fought for the right to farm and use private property to raise food and children in freedom. Dan will fight any attempt by Washington to diminish those rights and will use the power of his office to advance such freedom for his constituents in Maryland and protect our food supply.	”
—Dan Cox's campaign website, http://www.coxforcongress.org/

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Dan Cox campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Maryland District 6	Lost primary	$169,001	$168,002
2022	Governor of Maryland	Lost general	$1,555,706	$1,368,474
2018	Maryland House of Delegates District 4	Won general	$36,179	N/A**
Grand total			$1,760,887	$1,536,476
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Noteworthy events

Cox alleges fraudulent FEC filing in his name (2023)

On July 3, 2023, the campaign finance committee—Dan Cox for U.S. Congress—submitted a statement of candidacy to the Federal Election Commission (FEC). This form identified Cox as an official Republican candidate for the U.S. House to represent Maryland's District 6.

On July 4, 2023, Cox released a statement on Twitter saying, "I have not filed. We’ve reported this matter to the FEC for fraud.” When asked for a response to his claims of fraud, Cox stated, "We didn't make a decision. I'd like to know who did this.” The documents filed with the FEC included Cox’s name, address, and other information connected with his 2022 candidacy for Maryland Governor. On July 5, 2023, the Federal Election Commission website showed the filing in a list of unverified filings.

Committee assignments

2021-2022

Cox was assigned to the following committees:

• Judiciary Committee

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2019-2020

Cox was assigned to the following committees:

• Judiciary Committee

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Scorecards

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2022

In 2022, the Maryland State Legislature was in session from January 12 to April 11.

• Maryland Community Solar Now

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• Maryland Free Enterprise Foundation

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• Maryland Humane Scorecard

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• Maryland League of Conservation Voters

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• Maryland Legislative Coalition

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• National Federation of Independent Business

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.

2021

To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2021, click [show].

In 2021, the Maryland State Legislature was in session from January 13 to April 12. Maryland Community Solar Now Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to the support and expansion of the state's solar pilot program. Maryland Free Enterprise Foundation Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues. Maryland League of Conservation Voters Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues. Maryland Legislative Coalition Legislators are scored their voting record, committee efficiency, and individual initiative. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2020

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In 2020, the Maryland State Legislature was in session from January 8 to March 18. Maryland Free Enterprise Foundation Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues. Maryland League of Conservation Voters Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues. Maryland Public Interest Research Group Legislators are scored on their votes on issues related to consumer interests. National Federation of Independent Business Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2019

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In 2019, the Maryland General Assembly was in session from January 9 through April 8. Maryland Free Enterprise Foundation Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues. Maryland League of Conservation Voters Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues. Maryland Public Interest Research Group Legislators are scored on their votes on issues related to consumer interests. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

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Maryland's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Ben Cardin (D)

Chris Hollen (D)

Representatives

District 1

Andrew Harris (R)

District 2

Dutch Ruppersberger (D)

District 3

John Sarbanes (D)

District 4

Glenn Ivey (D)

District 5

Steny Hoyer (D)

District 6

David Trone (D)

District 7

Kweisi Mfume (D)

District 8

Jamie Raskin (D)

Democratic Party (9)

Republican Party (1)