{{short description|American politician (born 1958)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Ricky L. Cox |birth_name = Ricky Lee Cox |birth_date = July 6, 1958 |state_house = Kentucky |district = 51st |term_start = January 1, 1997 |term_end = January 1, 2001 |preceded = Ray H. Altman |succeeded = Russ Mobley |party = Republican |relatives = Nancy Cox (sister) }}
'''Ricky Lee Cox''' (born July 6, 1958)<ref name="a" /> is an American politician.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/137966504/|title=Abortion foes get clean sweep and Bill to change school testing wins final passage|first=Charles|last=Wolfe|work=The Advocate-Messenger|location=Danville, Kentucky|date=April 2, 1998|access-date=April 15, 2022|page=1|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99841955/jousting-grows-over-kentuckians-offer/|title=Jousting grows over Kentuckian's offer to duel|first=Michael|last=Quinlan|work=The Courier-Journal|location=Louisville, Kentucky|date=November 11, 1998|access-date=April 15, 2022|page=1|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/379955647/|title=Challenge to duel may cause battle over with|author=Associated Press|work=Messenger-Inquirer|location=Owensboro, Kentucky|date=November 12, 1998|access-date=April 15, 2022|page=15|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/691957811/|title=Cox's principles, not duel challenge; what's important|work=Lexington Herald-Leader|location=Lexington, Kentucky|date=December 3, 1998|access-date=April 15, 2022|page=14|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref> He served as a Republican member for the 51st district of the Kentucky House of Representatives.<ref name="a">{{Cite web|url=http://www.e-archives.ky.gov/Pubs/LRC/infobull/IB175b.pdf|title=Kentucky General Assembly Membership 1900-2004: Volume II (1950-2004)|author=LRC Staff|work=Legislative Research Commission|location=Frankfort, Kentucky|date=November 2004|access-date=April 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227050629/http://www.e-archives.ky.gov/Pubs/LRC/infobull/IB175b.pdf|archive-date=December 27, 2016|url-status=live|via=Wayback Machine}}</ref>
In 1996 Cox was elected to the 51st district of the Kentucky House of Representatives, succeeding Ray H. Altman. He did not seek reelection in 2000.<ref name="a" /><ref>{{cite news |date=August 6, 1999 |title=Cox will not seek another term, cites speaker's 'vendetta' |work=The Lexington Herald-Leader |page=B5}}</ref>
A 1998 survey by the Kentucky Center for Public Issues rated Cox as the least effective legislator in the house.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 12, 1998 |title=Kafoglis, Long rated state's most effective lawmakers |work=The Lexington Herald-Leader |page=C7}}</ref>
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