He is a 7th generation Texan and 5th generation lifelong resident of Brazoria County. He graduated from Angleton High School, Texas A&M University (BBA and MS in Management), and the University of Houston Law Center (Juris Doctorate). For the last seven years, he has worked as an attorney with BakerHostetler in downtown Houston.

In 2011, Cody saw a need for a college ministry for southern Brazoria County, so he founded Revive. Almost ten years later, Revive is a thriving non-profit ministry that has ministered to more than 500 young adults. In 2016, he was elected to Angleton City Council, where he continues to serve as a champion for conservative principles of pro-managed growth, limited government, and fiscal stewardship.

In 2017, Cody put his belief in pro-life values into practice when he joined the Board of Directors for the Pregnancy Help Center of Brazosport, supporting their efforts to minister to hundreds of new families and single mothers. In 2018, he traveled to San Antonio to serve as a delegate to the State Convention for the Republican Party of Texas, voting for the legislative priorities of the party he is committed to fighting for.

• I believe every human being is made in the image of God and has inherent dignity and immeasurable worth from the moment of conception. I have worked for years to protect the lives of the unborn on the Board of Directors of the Pregnancy Help Center of Brazosport. If elected, I will continue my work by authoring legislation to abolish abortion and overturn Roe v. Wade.
• I do not believe we should be governed by career partisan politicians. The longer politicians serve in office, the more likely it is that they will fall sway to corrupt influences. If elected, I will author legislation to enact term limits of no more than 12 years for all Texas executive and legislative offices.
• People should not be taxed out of their homes. For years I have fought high property taxes in the City of Angleton, voting to lower Angleton's property tax rate three times. I also voted to support property tax reform, including lower rollback rates, before reform passed in the 86th Legislature. If elected, I will push for further reform by authoring legislation to lower property appraisal caps to protect property owners from ballooning appraisals.

I say Christ because he is my Lord and Savior. I submit to a biblical worldview and Christian ethics, which means that every decision I make is about bringing glory to God and honoring His word. For example, I strive to be transparent and truthful because God detests false witnesses and those that break their word. (Num. 30:2; Prov. 6:19). I pursue humility, justice and mercy because God commands me to pursue those things. (Micah 6:8). I seek to respect and love all people-even those I disagree with-in word, deed, and truth because God commands me to. (Mark 12:31; 1 John 3:18). And, I am passionate about ending abortion because God says all human beings are made in His image and because I believe life begins at conception. (Gen. 1:27; Psalm 139:13-16).

I say William Wilberforce because I admire his courage fighting to abolish slavery in the United Kingdom in the early 1800s, the moral failing of society at that time. I seek to model his example by fighting to abolish abortion, the modern moral failing of our society today.

You also must be open and transparent. Citizens deserve to know what you think and how you go about making a decision, not only so they can hold you accountable, but so that any errors in your line of reasoning can be corrected by those who know more than you about a given subject. No one is perfect. We all have to be open to receiving and acting on feedback.

You also must be ethical and self-controlled. Too often we have seen legislators who stop representing the best interests of their constituents because they seek to pursue their own power and glory. If you do not come into office with a firm set of ethical principles and a history of self-control, the system will eat you up.

Finally, I believe it is important for elected officials to govern conservatively. I believe government should be limited in its scope, but effective at what it does, so that it does not infringe on the inherent rights of citizens and actually solves problems. Ideas like socialism will wreck our economy. Instead, a free market unencumbered by government interference or subsidies will deliver the best standard of living to people of any economic system.