[1] After leaving the council, he unsuccessfully ran against state Representative Todd Smith of Euless in the 2010 Republican primary election.
[1][2] Cason was a sales manager for Höganäs AB and H.C. Starck GmbH.
After retiring, Cason was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in November 2020 and assumed office on January 4, 2021.
Cason, who was among the chamber's most conservative members, objected to Phelan's plan to appoint Democrats to chair some committees.
[3] This act, as well as Cason repeatedly forcing recorded votes after voice votes, alienated him from Republican leaders, and in the redistricting cycle, his heavily Republican district centered on Hurst-Euless-Bedford was redrawn to a majority Democratic seat.