Alan Hays
Dixon Alan Hays is a Republican member of the Florida State Senate from the 11th District, which stretches from Ocala to Clermont and includes Lake County, central Marion County, northern Orange County, and northeastern Sumter County, since 2012, previously representing the 20th District from 2010 to 2012. Before winning election to the Florida Senate, Hays served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 25th District 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 Bachelors 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 LakeSumter State College Board of Trustees for six years.
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