Fred Cox

Education

Cox was appointed January 10, 2011 by Governor Gary Herbert and completed Bigelow"s term for 2011 and 2012.

Career

He was originally elected to be the party nominee in a special election on January 6, 2011 to replace Ron C. Bigelow who announced on December 22, 2010 he was to be the Executive Director of the Governor" General’ s Office of Planning and Budget as of January 1, 2011. In 2012 Cox ran for the new House District 30 against an other incumbent Republican Janice Fisher and lost in a close race.

He has been involved in government affairs for both American Institute of Architects Utah and ChamberWest Regional Chamber of Commerce along with church based community service.

2014

in 2014 Cox ran for election in House District 30. He faced Michael Doctorate. Lee, Democratic Party Nominee, in the General Election in November.

Final results were Cox 3,076 votes (5038%) v Lee 3,029 votes (4962%) out of 6,105 votes cast. 2012

Cox ran for election in House District 30 due to redistricting.

He ran unopposed in the County Republican Convention on April 21, 2012.

In the general election on November 6, 2012, Cox lost to another incumbent Republican Janice Fisher, from House District 29. Final voting results were Fisher 5,385 votes vs Cox 5,029 votes, 11 write-in votes and 10,425 votes cast.

Achievements

• In 2014 Cox ran for the open seat against Michael D. Lee and won by a very slim margin. He won the Republican Party nominee at the County Republican Convention on April 12, 2014 with 68.75% of the vote over Carbon Lundgren. Cox was behind on election day but won by 47 votes, after 2 weeks when all the votes were counted.

Politics

Utah Republican Party, Republican Party.

Membership

Cox has served as a State Republican Delegate beginning in 2002, is an elected member of the State Republican Central Committee representing Salt Lake County, served briefly as the Salt Lake County Republican House District 32 Chair, and has been a campaign volunteer and/or consultant for several state and local races starting in 1994.