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{{Short description|American businessman and politician from Georgia}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name          = Clay Cox
|image         =
|alt           =
|state_house1  = Georgia
|district1     = [[Georgia's 102nd House district|102nd]]
|term_start1   = January 10, 2005
|term_end1     = January 10, 2011
|predecessor1  = [[Butch Parrish]]
|successor1    = [[B. J. Pak]]
|state_house2  = Georgia
|district2     = [[Georgia's 108th House district|108th]]
|term_start2   = January 9, 2017
|term_end2     = January 14, 2019
|predecessor2  = [[B. J. Pak]]
|successor2    = [[Jasmine Clark]]
| birth_date   =
| birth_place  = [[Lilburn, Georgia|Lilburn]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], U.S.
| death_date   =
| death_place  =
|party         = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|occupation   = Businessman, politician
}}
'''Clay Cox''' is an [[American people|American]] businessman and politician from Georgia.
Cox is a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] member of [[Georgia House of Representatives]] 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 [[Western Carolina University]].<ref name="votesmart_cox"/>
== Career ==
In 1992, as a businessman, Cox became a Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Professional Probation Services Incorporated.<ref name="votesmart_cox">{{cite web |URL=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/31467/clay-cox |title=Clay Cox's Biography |publisher=[[Vote Smart]] |accessdate=April 12, 2021}}</ref>
On November 2, 2004, Cox won the election and became a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of [[Georgia House of Representatives]] for District 102. Cox defeated Carl Bergman with 69.06% of the votes.<ref>{{cite web |URL=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=141867 |title=GA State House 102 |website=ourcampaigns.com |date=November 2, 2004 |accessdate=April 12, 2021}}</ref> Cox unsuccessfully ran for the [[United States House of Representatives]] in [[Georgia's 7th congressional district]] in [[United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 2010#District 7|2010]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barrowjournal.com/archives/3113-Congressional-candidates-court-Barrow-voters.html|title=Congressional candidates court Barrow voters|date=June 9, 2010|accessdate=December 6, 2010|work=BarrowNewsJournal.com}}</ref>
On November 8, 2016, Cox won the election and became a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of [[Georgia House of Representatives]] for District 108. Cox defeated Tokhir "T.K." Radjabov with 52.65% of the votes.<ref>{{cite web |URL=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=817783 |title=GA State House 108 |website=ourcampaigns.com |date=November 8, 2016 |accessdate=April 12, 2021}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |URL=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=841119 |title=GA State House 108 |website=ourcampaigns.com |date=November 6, 2018 |accessdate=April 12, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/georgia-state-house-district-108 |title=Georgia 108th District State House Results: Clay Cox Wins |website=nytimes.com |date=August 1, 2017 |accessdate=April 12, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Clay Cox|url=http://www.house.ga.gov/representatives/en-US/member.aspx?Member=87&Session=18|publisher=House.Ga.gov|accessdate=February 23, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Clay Cox|url=https://openstates.org/ga/legislators/GAL000455/clay-cox/|publisher=Open States|accessdate=February 23, 2017}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
Cox's wife is Alisa Cox. They have two children. Cox and his family live in [[Lilburn, Georgia]].<ref name="votesmart_cox"/>
==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://ballotpedia.org/Clay_Cox Clay Cox at ballotpedia.org]
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Republican Party members of the Georgia House of Representatives]]
[[Category:People from Lilburn, Georgia]]
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[[Category:21st-century members of the Georgia General Assembly]]