The Los Angeles Post

HOWARD JARVIS TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION PAC ENDORSES JOHN COX

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California — The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association Political Action Committee (HJTA PAC) announced today that it has endorsed Republican John Cox in his campaign for Governor of California.

In their release announcing the endorsement HJTA PAC noted:

Cox, a successful businessman and a leader of the effort to repeal the gas and car tax increases passed by the legislature last year without voter approval, is the leading Republican according to several public and private polls.

“It is critical to have a pro-taxpayer candidate at the top of the ticket in November,” said Jon Coupal, Chairman of HJTA PAC. “If two tax-and-spend progressives are the only candidates on the ballot after the primary, that hurts our ability to advance our continued protection of Proposition 13 and California’s beleaguered middle class.”

Coupal said the HJTA PAC Board of Directors was impressed by Cox, who has been an important coalition partner in the gas/car tax repeal effort. Coupal further stated that “John Cox has demonstrated an ability to work with a broad spectrum of people to accomplish difficult and important goals and to articulate a limited government and pro-property rights message.”

Businessman John Cox is the leading Republican candidate for Governor according to recent public polling. Cox was recently endorsed by former Speaker Newt Gingrich, U.S. Representatives Mimi Walters and Doug LaMalfa, Senators Jim Nielsen and Joel Anderson, the California ProLife Council and has earned the official endorsements of the Sacramento, Fresno and San Mateo County Republican Parties. John Cox also serves as Chairman of the Give Voters a Voice effort to repeal the gas tax increase.