Dixon Alan Hays was born on March 12,1946 and is an American dentist and politician who has served as the supervisor of elections of Lake County, Florida since 2017.
11 Facts About Alan Hays
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Alan Hays attended Connors State College, located in Warner, Oklahoma, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1967.
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Alan Hays later attended the University of Florida College of Dentistry, from which he graduated in 1976.
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Alan Hays settled in Umatilla, Florida, and served on the Lake-Sumter State College Board of Trustees for six years.
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In 2004, when the incumbent State Representative Carey Baker declined to seek re-election so that he could instead run for the Florida Senate, Alan 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.
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Alan Hays faced Larry Metz, Johnny Smith, Randy Wiseman and JoAnn Huggins in the Republican primary.
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Alan Hays was re-elected without opposition in 2006 and 2008.
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When Carey Baker, whom Alan Hays had succeeded in the House in 2004, decided not to run for re-election to his seat in the Florida Senate, Alan Hays ran to fill the open seat in the 20th District, which included Lake County, southern Marion County, northwestern Seminole County, northern Sumter County and western Volusia County.
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In 2012, the state's legislative districts were redrawn and Alan Hays was moved into the 11th District, where he opted to seek re-election and which contained most of the territory that he had previously represented.
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Alan Hays was opposed by the independent candidate John Iler, and campaigned on making Florida "a business-friendly state" by cutting regulations, improving education, speeding up the process for permits to be granted, keeping taxes low and creating an internet sales tax.
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In July 2014, Alan Hays announced his intention to introduce a bill requiring that all Florida public school students in middle or high school watch Dinesh D'Souza's film America unless their parents objected.