Allen Wellons

{{Short description|American attorney and politician}}

{{infobox officeholder

|name = Allen Wellons

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|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 = {{birth date and age|1949|03|12}}

|birth_place = Smithfield, North Carolina

|party = Democratic

|spouse = Elizabeth

|alma_mater = University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BA)
North Carolina Central University (JD)

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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.{{cite web|title=Selection made to take retiree's seat|work=Asheville Citizen-Times|date=August 4, 1996|page=18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59444485/|accessdate=September 17, 2020|via=Newspapers.com}} 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.{{cite web|first=Lindell J.|last=Kay|title=Lisa Barnes to face Allen Wellons for Nash, Johnston state Senate seat|work=Spring Hope Enterprise|date=March 3, 2020|url=https://www.springhopeenterprise.com/stories/lisa-barnes-to-face-allen-wellons-for-nash-johnston-state-senate-seat,202952|accessdate=September 17, 2020}}