[2] Jon Cole served as a legislative aide to the Chairman of Appropriations Jim Pitts of the Texas House of Representatives under Speaker Tom Craddick.
At the time, he said that the effort was due to Madden's "catch and release" policies with criminals and his lack of leadership for the district.
Cole has worked as volunteer state coordinator for a Texas anti-Drug organization which fought Senate Bill 1818 in 2011.
[8] He was also one of 12 appointed by Senator Florence Shapiro to serve on the K2 Task Force banning synthetic narcotics in Texas.
[10] Jon has been featured as a speaker at the Southwest Prevention Center Training Institute.