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12 photos of Kirk Cox during his career in Virginia politics
Former House Speaker Kirk Cox, in his bid for the GOPâs gubernatorial nomination, set himself apart early on as the only candidate who would say President Joe Biden was duly elected.
When a glossy mailer went out attacking eventual nominee Glenn Youngkin â designed to look like Cox paid for it â he asked all of the Republican candidates to denounce negative attack spending by fly-by-night political groups.
He otherwise ran on the same conservative positions that have come to define the GOP: boosting funding and protections for police officers, walking back Democratsâ voting reforms and gun control laws, ending the teaching of systemic racism in schools, and lowering taxes. Cox opposes abortion and same-sex marriage.
Cox looks to win Republican nomination, executive mansion Kirk Cox (FILE) (Source: WVIR) By Noah Fleischman | April 29, 2021 at 5:13 PM EDT - Updated April 29 at 10:48 PM
RICHMOND, Va. - Delegate Kirk Cox, R-Colonial Heights, has his sights set on the Virginia executive mansion in November, but first he must beat six other candidates for the Republican nomination.
It’s the first time Cox, the former speaker of the House, is running for governor. Cox, 63, has served as a state delegate since 1990 and was elected as speaker of the House by a unanimous vote in 2018. He served one term in the position before Democrats took control of the Virginia General Assembly.