Losing Maryland gubernatorial candidate Dan Cox was so certain he wasn’t the person who filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission announcing his candidacy for a Congressional seat in 2024, he asked the FEC to open an investigation into it.
Once described by former Republican Maryland Governor Larry Hogan as “not mentally stable,” Cox was kinda telling the truth. Cox himself didn’t file the paperwork, the Daily Beast reports; the man appointed to be treasurer of his campaign did. Turns out Cox advisor Ryan McShane had been working with professional campaign accountant Tom Datwyler to put the financial backing together for Cox’s run, even discussing how they should not file FEC paperwork until after July 1st to avoid second-quarter reporting requirements.
It seems Cox had authorized all of that with McShane, but then reportedly had an authentic change of heart about running for office so soon after his utter defeat to Democrat Wes Moore in 2022. Unfortunately, he didn’t tell either McShane or Datwyler, who had already filed the papers July 3rd. So when it comes to reliability on his decision-making for seeking office, you could say Cox sucks.