| Dixie Allen | |
| Image Name: | Dixie A.jpg |
| State House: | Ohio |
| State: | Ohio |
| District: | 39th |
| Term: | January 6, 1998 – July 27, 2006 |
| Preceded: | Lloyd Lewis Jr. |
| Succeeded: | Clayton Luckie |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Birth Name: | Dixie Jean Woods |
| Birth Date: | 27 January 1935 |
| Birth Place: | Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Spouse: | Jimmy H. Allen |
Dixie Jean Woods Allen (née Woods; January 27, 1935 – March 31, 2019) was a politician from Dayton, Ohio, who served in the Ohio House of Representatives and on the Montgomery County Commission.[1] After the resignation of Rep. Lloyd Lewis Jr. in 1998, Allen was chosen as a political newcomer to replace him.[2] 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, 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.[3] Allen died on March 31, 2019.[4] [5]