| Allen Wellons | |
| State Senate: | North Carolina |
| District: | 11th |
| Term Start: | January 1, 1997 |
| Term End: | January 1, 2003 |
| Preceded: | Jim Speed |
| Succeeded: | Fred Smith (Redistricting) |
| Birth Name: | Allen Hewitt Wellons |
| Birth Date: | 12 March 1949 |
| Birth Place: | Smithfield, North Carolina |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Spouse: | Elizabeth |
| Alma Mater: | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BA) North Carolina Central University (JD) |
Allen Hewitt Wellons (born March 12, 1949) is an American attorney and Democratic politician. The onetime campaign manager for 11th district state senator Jim Speed, he succeeded the longtime lawmaker after he retired in 1996.[1] Wellons ran for reelection in the newly drawn 12th district in 2002 but lost to Republican Johnston County commissioner Fred Smith. In 2020, he decided to run again for the Senate, challenging state representative Lisa Stone Barnes to succeed the retiring Rick Horner.[2]