{"id":1963423,"date":"2023-07-03T15:25:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T19:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-2022-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-dan-cox-files-to-run-for-house-seat\/"},"modified":"2023-07-03T15:25:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T19:25:41","slug":"maryland-2022-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-dan-cox-files-to-run-for-house-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-2022-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-dan-cox-files-to-run-for-house-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Cox, Maryland&#8217;s 2022 GOP gubernatorial candidate, files for House seat."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmaryland-2022-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-dan-cox-files-to-run-for-house-seat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1963423&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Dan Cox Files to Run for U.S. House of Representatives<\/h2>\n<p>Dan Cox, the GOP nominee for Maryland&#8217;s gubernatorial race last year, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/syrian-survivors-of-chemical-weapons-attack-file-criminal-complaint-against-syrian-officials\/\" title=\"Syrian Survivors Of Chemical Weapons Attack File Criminal Complaint Against Syrian Officials\">officially filed<\/a> to run for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Despite his previous loss, Cox is determined to make a difference on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">national level<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During his campaign for governor, Cox gained attention for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-rally-around-taiwan-ahead-of-biden-admins-meeting-with-china\/\" title=\"Republicans Rally Around Taiwan Ahead of Biden Admin\u2019s Meeting With China\">unwavering support<\/a> of former President Donald Trump. He even won a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-dems-reject-bernie-acolyte-in-heated-primary\/\" title=\"Ohio Dems Reject Bernie Acolyte in Heated Primary\">heated primary<\/a> against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-2022-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-dan-cox-files-to-run-for-house-seat\/\" title=\"Dan Cox, Maryland's 2022 GOP gubernatorial candidate, files for House seat.\">centrist pick<\/a> of then-GOP Gov. Larry Hogan. However, Cox ultimately faced a significant defeat in the general election, losing by a wide margin.<\/p>\n<h3>A Controversial Figure<\/h3>\n<p>Cox made headlines as a vocal critic of Hogan&#8217;s COVID-19 restrictions, including stay-at-home orders and mask mandates. He even went as far as introducing articles of impeachment against the governor, although they did not gain traction.<\/p>\n<p>His alignment with Trump&#8217;s baseless claims of election fraud and his involvement in organizing transportation to the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, made him an easy target for Democrats during his gubernatorial bid. The Democratic Governors Association&#8217;s super PAC launched a series of attack ads against Cox, spending a significant amount of money in the Baltimore TV market.<\/p>\n<p>After his loss in the governor&#8217;s race, Cox served as state Sen. Doug Mastriano&#8217;s chief of staff. Mastriano, who also supported Trump&#8217;s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, ran for governor in Pennsylvania but was defeated by Gov. Josh Shapiro.<\/p>\n<h3>A New Challenge<\/h3>\n<p>Now, Cox is setting his sights on Maryland&#8217;s 6th Congressional District. The current representative, David Trone, is not seeking reelection as he runs for a Senate seat. While winning a House seat may seem more attainable than a statewide race, Cox still faces an uphill battle. The district has been under Democratic control since 2012, and the Cook Political Report predicts a likely Democratic victory in the upcoming election.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the challenges ahead, Cox remains determined to make a difference and secure the Republican nomination. Only time will tell if he can overcome the odds and win in the blue district.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Cox, who ran as the GOP nominee for Maryland&#8217;s governorship but lost to Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD), has now filed to run for a U.S. House of Representatives seat. Cox, a former member of Maryland&#8217;s state House of Delegates, openly supported ex-President Donald Trump during his gubernatorial campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1963424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1963423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1963423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1963424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1963423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1963423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1963423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}