Dixie Allen

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Dixie Allen
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the 39th district
In office
January 6, 1998 – July 27, 2006
Preceded byLloyd Lewis Jr.
Succeeded byClayton Luckie
Personal details
BornDixie Jean Woods
(1935-01-27)January 27, 1935
DiedApril 1, 2019(2019-04-01) (aged 84)
Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
PartyDemocratic
SpouseJimmy H. Allen

Dixie Jean Woods Allen (née Woods; January 27, 1935 – April 1, 2019) was a politician from Dayton, Ohio, who served in the Ohio House of Representatives and on the Montgomery County Commission.[1] After the resignation of Rep. Lloyd Lewis Jr. in 1998, Allen was chosen as a political newcomer to replace him.[2] She went on to win a full term in 1998, and was reelected in 2000. In 2001, she opted for an appointment to the Ohio Senate, however did not obtain it. Instead she, won reelection for a third full House term in 2002, and again in 2004.[citation needed]

In 2006, Republicans convinced Allen that if she would switch political parties, they would appoint her as a county commissioner. She did so, and was appointed on July 25, 2006, after resignation from the House. In the 2006 general election, however, Allen was defeated for a full term by Democrat Judy Dodge, and has since moved back to the Democratic Party.[3] Allen died on April 1, 2019.[4][5]

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