-Video from previous broadcast. Republican John Cox, a candidate in the Gavin Newsom recall election, will be in Monterey on Wednesday. Cox's "Meet the Beast Bus Tour' will stop at Windows on the Bay at 11 a.m. Cox, a 65-year-old businessman who lost in a landslide to Newsom in 2018, launched his campaign with a news conference at Sacramento's Miller Park on May 4. behind him was a bear as a prop. Cox has also spent $5 million to run TV ad campaigns that feature him standing next to that bear. He says the bear was born in captivity and cannot live in the wild.Cox all but admitted the bear's appearance was a stunt aimed at drawing eyes to his campaign but promised to discuss "serious issues" — such as bringing down the cost of housing, boosting the state's water resources and preventing special interests from influencing government.KCRA 3 contributed to this article.