Dixie Allen is a politician from Dayton, Ohio

Dayton, Ohio

Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...

, who served in the Ohio House of Representatives

Ohio House of Representatives

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 and on the Montgomery County Commission

Montgomery County, Ohio

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. After the resignation of Rep. Lloyd Lewis Jr.

Lloyd Lewis Jr.

Lloyd E. Lewis, Jr. was a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives. A native of Dayton, Lewis served as a a former assistant city manager for Dayton and as a member of the city plan board...

 in 1998, Allen was chosen as a political newcomer to replace him. 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

Ohio Senate

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, however did not obtain it. Instead she, won reelection for a third full House term in 2002, and again in 2004.

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

Democratic Party (United States)

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