Cyril Nichols

{{short description|American politician}}

{{BLP sources|date=April 2021}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Cyril Nichols

|state_house = Illinois

|district = 32nd

|term_start = April 8, 2021

|term_end = January 8, 2025

|predecessor = Andre Thapedi

|successor = Lisa Davis

|birth_date =

|birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Democratic

|education = Colby Community College
Columbia College Chicago

}}

Cyril Nichols is a former Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 32nd district from 2021 to 2025.

Nichols was appointed on April 8, 2021, to fill the seat of former state Representative Andre Thapedi after Thapedi resigned on March 17, 2021.{{Cite news|title=HEADLINE HEADACHES — VICE IN THE SUBURBS — KINZINGER WANTS GAETZ OUT|url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/04/09/headline-headaches-vice-in-the-suburbs-kinzinger-wants-gaetz-out-492423|last=Kapos|first=Shia|date=April 9, 2021|access-date=April 19, 2021|work=Politico}} Nichols dropped out of the 2024 Democratic primary for re-nomination, leaving Lisa Davis, an assistant public defender, the sole candidate in the primary.{{cite news|last=Pfingsten|first=Patrick|title=Nichols Withdraws After Welch Sides with Opponent|date=February 18, 2024|newspaper=The Illinoize|access-date=February 26, 2024|url=https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/nichols-withdraws-after-welch-sides}}