Alan Hays
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| Supervisor of Elections of Lake County, Florida | |
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Taking office January 3, 2017 |
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| Succeeding | Emogene Stegall |
| Member of the Florida Senate from the 11th district 20th (2010-2012) |
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In office November 2, 2010 – November 8, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Carey Baker |
| Succeeded by | Redistricted |
| Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 25th district |
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In office November 2, 2004 – November 2, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Carey Baker |
| Succeeded by | Larry Metz |
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March 12, 1946 Henderson, Kentucky |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Jeanne Lease Hays |
| Children | JoAnn, Leslie, Nancy |
| Alma mater |
Connors State College (A.S.) University of Florida College of Dentistry (D.M.D.) |
| Profession | Dentist |
Dixon Alan Hays is a Republican politician who was elected Supervisor of Elections for Lake County, Florida in 2016. He previously was a member of the Florida State Senate from 2010 to 2016, and a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2004 to 2010.
Hays was born in Henderson, Kentucky and moved to Florida in 1950. He attended Connors State College, located in Warner, Oklahoma, where he received his Bachelor's degree in 1967. After that, he joined the United States Coast Guard, where he served as a dental technician from 1967 to 1970. Hays later attended the University of Florida College of Dentistry, from which he graduated in 1976. He settled in Umatilla, Florida, and served on the Lake-Sumter State College Board of Trustees for six years.
In 2004, when incumbent State Representative Carey Baker declined to seek re-election so that he could instead run for the Florida Senate, Hays ran to succeed him in the 25th District, which stretched from Howey-in-the-Hills to Debary and included parts of eastern Lake County, northwestern Seminole County, and southern Volusia County. He faced Larry Metz, Johnny Smith, Randy Wiseman, and JoAnn Huggins in the Republican primary. Hays narrowly emerged victorious over his opponents, receiving 35% of the vote to Metz's 29%, and advanced to the general election, where he was elected overwhelmingly over only write-in opposition. He was re-elected without opposition in 2006 and 2008. During a 2010 debate over legislation that required a woman to undergo an ultrasound before receiving an abortion, Hays controversially compared abortion to the Holocaust before he was cut off by then-Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives Larry Cretul, which prompted a Jewish member of the House to object.
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