Larry Dixon (politician)
Larry Dixon is a Republican former member of the Alabama Senate. He represented the 25th District from 1983 to 2010. He did not seek re-election in 2010 and retired from elective politics. Previously he was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives from 1978 through 1982.
In 1982, as a Democrat in District 81, he defeated later District 73 Representative Perry O. Hooper, Jr., of Montgomery. Dixon switched to Republican affiliation in 1984.
From 1981 until 2016, he was the chair of the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners. He also served as a member of the Intergovernmental Advisory council on Education during the Reagan Administration.
Dixon ran in the Republican primary for in 1992 after longtime incumbent Bill Dickinson retired, and was initially the favorite for the nomination. However, he lost to newspaper publisher Terry Everett in what most considered an upset.
