2002 John Cox Illinois Senate Bumper Sticker, Lost to Gavin Newsom in CA in 2018

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"Let Bygones Be back"
2002 bumper sticker for the U.S. Senate campaign of Republican John H. Cox of Illinois, who 16 years later was one step from becoming California governor.
Paid for by Cox for U.S. Senate Committee, Inc.
Sticker measures 3 x 11 1/8”.
Cox (1955-
) is a corporate and tax-planning lawyer born in suburban Chicago. He began his political career as a Democrat in a bid to be a delegate to the 1976 Democratic National Convention.
In 2000, he finished fifth in the Republican primary for the seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Rep. John Porter, R-Ill. Two years later, in a Quixotic battle against U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, the current Senate Majority Whip, and came in third place in the GOP primary.
In March 2006, he became the first Republican to announce his candidacy for president, dropping out later that year, although he did appear on several 2008 state primary ballots.
Moving to California, he led several initiative movements, including the 2016 “California is not for Sale” initiative, which would have required state assembly members to wear the logos of their top 10 campaign donors on their suits while advocating for policies on the floor, which failed to garner enough signatures.
But he surprised the establishment by finishing second in the blanket, non-partisan primary for governor in June 2018, making him the GOP candidate on the fall ballot, but he lost by 24 points to Gavin Newsom, the largest landslide in California gubernatorial history since 1950. Cox was also a candidate in the Newsom recall election.
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