Mike Cox
Republican · MI
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Mike Cox is the founder of The Mike Cox Law Firm, a former Marine Corps infantryman and a former Michigan Attorney General with 35 years of experience as a trial attorney. Before being elected Attorney General twice, he served as a Wayne County prosecutor.
Where Mike Cox stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (2 records), Environment and Public Health (1 record), Anti-Corruption (1 record),
Opposes
Gun Control (1 record), Women's Reproductive Rights (1 record), Civil Rights (3 records)
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 2 support
On November 29, 2010, the Congressional Record credited Attorney General Mike Cox's office with recovering $3.2 billion for consumers, saving more than $2.4 billion by fighting utility increases, creating a child-support unit, expanding cyber-safety education, and arresting 258 internet sexual predators.
November 29, 2010Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: congress.gov
On November 13, 2010, Attorney General Mike Cox conditionally approved the sale of Detroit Medical Center to Vanguard after requiring protections for $140 million in charitable gifts, continued charity care and hospital operations, an $850 million capital commitment, monitoring, and Attorney General enforcement authority.
November 13, 2010Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: michigan.gov
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support
On December 21, 2009, Michigan under Attorney General Mike Cox initiated U.S. Supreme Court proceedings seeking closure and other controls in the Chicago waterway system to prevent invasive Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes.
December 21, 2009Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: justice.gov
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 1 support
On February 27, 2007, the Michigan Court of Appeals held that the Secretary of State and Attorney General Mike Cox complied with Michigan law when referring and investigating suspected campaign-finance violations and seeking warrants and subpoenas in the Geoffrey Fieger matter.
February 27, 2007Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: law.justia.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
On November 29, 2010, the Congressional Record credited Attorney General Mike Cox's office with recovering $3.2 billion for consumers, saving more than $2.4 billion by fighting utility increases, creating a child-support unit, expanding cyber-safety education, and arresting 258 internet sexual predators.
November 29, 2010Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: congress.gov
On July 14, 2010, Attorney General Mike Cox filed a multistate amicus brief supporting Arizona's SB 1070 immigration-enforcement law and arguing that key provisions were not preempted by federal law.
July 14, 2010Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: cases.justia.com
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
On August 26, 2002, Eddie Joe Lloyd was released after DNA testing excluded him; a later federal filing states Mike Cox, then a Wayne County Homicide Unit deputy chief, joined the DNA investigation and motion to vacate Lloyd's conviction.
August 26, 2002Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: clearinghouse-umich-production.s3.amazonaws.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 3 support
On November 29, 2010, the Congressional Record credited Attorney General Mike Cox's office with recovering $3.2 billion for consumers, saving more than $2.4 billion by fighting utility increases, creating a child-support unit, expanding cyber-safety education, and arresting 258 internet sexual predators.
November 29, 2010Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: congress.gov
On November 13, 2010, Attorney General Mike Cox conditionally approved the sale of Detroit Medical Center to Vanguard after requiring protections for $140 million in charitable gifts, continued charity care and hospital operations, an $850 million capital commitment, monitoring, and Attorney General enforcement authority.
November 13, 2010Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: michigan.gov
On July 1, 2003, Attorney General Mike Cox and Michigan officials announced an interagency partnership to improve child-support collection, with the Attorney General's new Child Support Division pursuing felony non-support cases.
July 1, 2003Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: michigan.gov
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 1 oppose
As Michigan attorney general, signed concealed-pistol-license reciprocity agreements with 35 other states, letting licensed Michigan gun owners carry while traveling in those states.
December 23, 2025Opposes Gun Control
Source: ontheissues.org
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 1 oppose
On May 29, 2026, Right to Life of Michigan PAC endorsed Mike Cox along with the other Republican candidates for Governor.
May 29, 2026Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: michigandems.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 3 oppose
On July 14, 2010, Attorney General Mike Cox filed a multistate amicus brief supporting Arizona's SB 1070 immigration-enforcement law and arguing that key provisions were not preempted by federal law.
July 14, 2010Opposes Civil Rights
Source: cases.justia.com
On May 7, 2008, the Michigan Supreme Court affirmed a ruling sought on appeal by Attorney General Mike Cox that Michigan's marriage amendment prohibited public employers from providing health-insurance benefits to employees' same-sex domestic partners.
May 7, 2008Opposes Civil Rights
Source: law.justia.com
On December 27, 2007, Attorney General Mike Cox issued Opinion 7210 concluding that only a Michigan resident may receive a Michigan driver's license and that a person who is not lawfully resident in the United States cannot be a Michigan resident for that purpose.
December 27, 2007Opposes Civil Rights
Source: michigan.gov
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 2 support
On November 29, 2010, the Congressional Record credited Attorney General Mike Cox's office with recovering $3.2 billion for consumers, saving more than $2.4 billion by fighting utility increases, creating a child-support unit, expanding cyber-safety education, and arresting 258 internet sexual predators.
November 29, 2010Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: congress.gov
On November 13, 2010, Attorney General Mike Cox conditionally approved the sale of Detroit Medical Center to Vanguard after requiring protections for $140 million in charitable gifts, continued charity care and hospital operations, an $850 million capital commitment, monitoring, and Attorney General enforcement authority.
November 13, 2010Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: michigan.gov
Track record — General
General · 3 records
On March 3, 2026, a judge vacated George Calicut's 1999 murder conviction after prosecutors acknowledged a coerced confession and new DNA evidence; the Associated Press reported that Mike Cox had been Calicut's trial prosecutor.
March 3, 2026
Source: apnews.com
On November 29, 2010, the Congressional Record summarized Mike Cox's prosecutorial service, including more than a decade in the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office and service as director of its Homicide Unit from 2000 through 2002.
November 29, 2010
Source: congress.gov
On November 9, 2005, Associated Press reported that Mike Cox publicly acknowledged an extramarital affair and alleged that a Geoffrey Fieger associate threatened to expose it unless Cox stopped investigating Fieger.
November 9, 2005
Source: digital.bentley.umich.edu
Past race Mike Cox ran in:
- Governor / Lt. Governor · August 4, 2026 · Michigan