Allen Wellons

Allen Wellons
Member of the North Carolina Senate
from the 11th district
In office
January 1, 1997 – January 1, 2003
Preceded byJim Speed
Succeeded byFred Smith (Redistricting)
Personal details
Born
Allen Hewitt Wellons

(1949-03-12) March 12, 1949 (age 75)
Smithfield, North Carolina
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseElizabeth
Alma materUniversity 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]

  1. ^ "Selection made to take retiree's seat". Asheville Citizen-Times. August 4, 1996. p. 18. Retrieved September 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Kay, Lindell J. (March 3, 2020). "Lisa Barnes to face Allen Wellons for Nash, Johnston state Senate seat". Spring Hope Enterprise. Retrieved September 17, 2020.