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Cole challenged the 16-year incumbent to represent Texas House District 67 in the Texas House of Representatives, [[Jerry Madden]], in the 2008 Republican Primary. At the time, he said that the effort was due to Madden’s “catch and release” policies with criminals and his lack of leadership for the district. At the time, Jerry Madden was Corrections Chairman under Speaker Tom Craddick. At the time, Cole was endorsed by Republican District Attorneys including [[Bill Hill]], [[Tim Curry]], and [[John Bradley]] and a Richardson City Councilman. <ref> http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/11/wishing-jerry-m.html </ref> <ref> http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/texas-political-news/a-three-alarm-mess/ </ref> Cole lost to the Madden by 256 votes, garnering 48.21% of the vote. <ref> http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-26/no-31/people/ </ref> <ref> http://www.texastribune.org/directory/jon-cole/ </ref> |
Cole challenged the 16-year incumbent to represent Texas House District 67 in the Texas House of Representatives, [[Jerry Madden]], in the 2008 Republican Primary. At the time, he said that the effort was due to Madden’s “catch and release” policies with criminals and his lack of leadership for the district. At the time, Jerry Madden was Corrections Chairman under Speaker Tom Craddick. At the time, Cole was endorsed by Republican District Attorneys including [[Bill Hill]], [[Tim Curry]], and [[John Bradley (lawyer)|John Bradley]] and a Richardson City Councilman. <ref> http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/11/wishing-jerry-m.html </ref> <ref> http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/texas-political-news/a-three-alarm-mess/ </ref> Cole lost to the Madden by 256 votes, garnering 48.21% of the vote. <ref> http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-26/no-31/people/ </ref> <ref> http://www.texastribune.org/directory/jon-cole/ </ref> |
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Revision as of 14:32, 12 April 2012
Jon Cole is a Texas businessman and and anti-drug leader in Texas. He previously served as an aide at White House ONDCP and the Texas House of Representatives.
Personal
Cole grew up in Collin County. He later attended the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Texas School of Law. He also studied economics at Georgetown University. [1]
Cole is a finance attorney and partner in a Dallas merchant banking firm. [2]
Staffer
Jon Cole served as a legislative aide to the Chairman of Appropriations of the Texas House of Representatives under Speaker Tom Craddick. Following service at the Texas Capitol, Cole served as an aide in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy in the Office of the United States Drug Czar. Previous to that, he was an intern for Governor Rick Perry in the Governor's Criminal Justice Division. [3]
2008 Campaign
Cole challenged the 16-year incumbent to represent Texas House District 67 in the Texas House of Representatives, Jerry Madden, in the 2008 Republican Primary. At the time, he said that the effort was due to Madden’s “catch and release” policies with criminals and his lack of leadership for the district. At the time, Jerry Madden was Corrections Chairman under Speaker Tom Craddick. At the time, Cole was endorsed by Republican District Attorneys including Bill Hill, Tim Curry, and John Bradley and a Richardson City Councilman. [4] [5] Cole lost to the Madden by 256 votes, garnering 48.21% of the vote. [6] [7]
Policy Work
Jon Cole has been an active in Texas Criminal Justice Policy. Cole has worked as volunteer state coordinator for a Texas anti-Drug organization which fought Senate Bill 1818 in 2011. [8] He was also one of 12 appointed by Senator Florence Shapiro to serve on the K2 Task Force banning synthetic narcotics in Texas. [9] In 2010, he was awarded the Moxie Award by Drug Free America Foundation for supporting anti-drug issues and supporting drug prevention and law enforcement. [10]
2012 Campaign
In October 2010, Cole announced he would seek the Texas House District 67 seat again against Jerry Madden. [11] Weeks later, Madden retired. [12]
See also
References
- ^ http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2011/nov/07/rep-jerry-madden-faces-two-challengers-district-67/
- ^ http://www.allenamerican.com/articles/2011/11/01/allen_american/news/259.txt
- ^ http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2011/nov/07/rep-jerry-madden-faces-two-challengers-district-67/
- ^ http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/11/wishing-jerry-m.html
- ^ http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/texas-political-news/a-three-alarm-mess/
- ^ http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-26/no-31/people/
- ^ http://www.texastribune.org/directory/jon-cole/
- ^ http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2011/nov/07/rep-jerry-madden-faces-two-challengers-district-67/
- ^ http://www.allenamerican.com/articles/2011/11/01/allen_american/news/259.txt
- ^ http://www.tdcaa.com/node/7375
- ^ http://www.allenamerican.com/articles/2011/11/01/allen_american/news/259.txt
- ^ http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/11/wishing-jerry-m.html