Mike Cox
Republican · MI
Mike Cox is a Republican candidate for Governor of Michigan in the August 4, 2026 primary. The Michigan Bureau of Elections official candidate listing shows Cox filed for Governor as a Republican candidate on April 20, 2026. His campaign biography describes him as a former U.S. Marine Corps infantry rifleman and former Michigan Attorney General, and his law-firm biography says he founded The Mike Cox Law Firm after serving as Attorney General and as a Wayne County prosecutor.
Track record
Environment and Public Health
· 1 record
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, 2009For
Source: justice.gov · researched July 10, 2026
Anti-Corruption
· 1 record
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, 2007For
Source: law.justia.com · researched July 10, 2026
Healthcare Affordability
· 2 records
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, 2010For
Source: congress.gov · researched July 10, 2026
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, 2010For
Source: michigan.gov · researched July 10, 2026
Public Safety and Crime Control
· 2 records
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, 2010For
Source: congress.gov · researched July 10, 2026
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, 2010For
Source: cases.justia.com · researched July 10, 2026
Social Programs and Welfare
· 3 records
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, 2010For
Source: congress.gov · researched July 10, 2026
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, 2010For
Source: michigan.gov · researched July 10, 2026
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, 2003For
Source: michigan.gov · researched July 10, 2026
Gun Control
· 1 record
On December 23, 2025, a dated issue archive reported that during his Attorney General tenure Mike Cox signed concealed-pistol-license reciprocity agreements with 35 states, expanding where licensed Michigan gun owners could carry while traveling.
December 23, 2025Against
Source: ontheissues.org · researched July 10, 2026
Women's Reproductive Rights
· 1 record
On May 29, 2026, Right to Life of Michigan PAC endorsed Mike Cox along with the other Republican candidates for Governor.
May 29, 2026Against
Source: michigandems.com · researched July 10, 2026
Data Privacy
· 1 record
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, 2010For
Source: congress.gov · researched July 10, 2026
Civil Rights
· 4 records
On March 4, 2020, the Mike Cox Law Firm and Shea Law Firm filed their first federal complaint against the University of Michigan on behalf of people alleging sexual abuse by university physician Robert Anderson and institutional concealment of the abuse.
March 4, 2020For
Source: mikecoxlaw.com · researched July 10, 2026
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, 2010Against
Source: cases.justia.com · researched July 10, 2026
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, 2008Against
Source: law.justia.com · researched July 10, 2026
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, 2007Against
Source: michigan.gov · researched July 10, 2026
Corporate Accountability
· 3 records
On March 4, 2020, the Mike Cox Law Firm and Shea Law Firm filed their first federal complaint against the University of Michigan on behalf of people alleging sexual abuse by university physician Robert Anderson and institutional concealment of the abuse.
March 4, 2020For
Source: mikecoxlaw.com · researched July 10, 2026
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, 2010For
Source: congress.gov · researched July 10, 2026
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, 2010For
Source: michigan.gov · researched July 10, 2026
Public Infrastructure
· 1 record
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, 2010For
Source: michigan.gov · researched July 10, 2026
General
· 2 records
On November 6, 2020, attorney Mike Cox, representing Unlock Michigan, supplied an Attorney General investigator with the committee's circulator packet, code of conduct, legal excerpts, talking points, and volunteer-training information during an investigation of petition-circulation practices.
November 6, 2020
Source: michigan.gov · researched July 10, 2026
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 · researched July 10, 2026
Integrity and Ethics
· 6 records
On May 18, 2026, campaign-finance reporting found Mike Cox had received more than $30,000 from eight independent PACs, four with his wife as treasurer; state officials said the arrangements were legal, while a watchdog said the concentrated giving tested practical independence.
May 18, 2026
Source: newsfromthestates.com · researched July 10, 2026
On April 27, 2026, Mike Cox filed an extensive Freedom of Information Act request seeking communications and records involving Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, the Michigan Department of State, and the Southern Poverty Law Center.
April 27, 2026
Source: mikecox2026.com · researched July 10, 2026
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 · researched July 10, 2026
On November 1, 2011, a federal court said discovery into former Attorney General Mike Cox's Manoogian Mansion investigation was largely fruitless in uncovering evidence that could support the plaintiffs' civil-rights claims, after plaintiffs had alleged he mishandled the investigation.
November 1, 2011
Source: govinfo.gov · researched July 10, 2026
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 · researched July 10, 2026
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, 2002
Source: clearinghouse-umich-production.s3.amazonaws.com · researched July 10, 2026
Elections
- Governor · August 4, 2026 · Michigan
Profile last researched July 10, 2026.