Avery Frix | |
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Member-elect of the Oklahoma Senate from the 9th district | |
Assuming office | |
Succeeding | Dewayne Pemberton |
Member of the OklahomaHouseofRepresentatives from the 13th district | |
In office November 16,2016 –November 16,2022 | |
Preceded by | Jerry McPeak |
Succeeded by | Neil Hays |
Personal details | |
Born | Avery Carl Frix March 29,1994 |
Nationality | American Choctaw Nation |
Political party | Republican |
Education | University of Oklahoma (BBA) |
Avery Carl Frix is a Choctaw American politician and businessman who is the member-elect for the Oklahoma Senate's 9th district since April 2024. He previously served as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 13th district between November 2017,and November 2022.
In March 2022,he announced his retirement at the end of the term from the Oklahoma House of Representatives to run for the open congressional seat in Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district.
Frix is a native of Muskogee,Oklahoma. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting from the University of Oklahoma in 2016. [1]
Frix was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in November 2016. Since 2019,he has served as chair of the House Transportation Committee. [2] [3] In 2021,Frix authored a failed bill to name a state highway after former President Donald Trump. [4] He was re-elected by default in 2020. [5]
In March 2022,Frix declared his candidacy for Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district in the 2022 election. [6] He was one of three Choctaw tribal members in the race,alongside Dustin Roberts,another Oklahoma House of Representatives member, [7] and Josh Brecheen,a former Oklahoma state senator. In the Republican primary,he placed first with 14.7% of the vote out of a field of 14 candidates,and faced Josh Brecheen in the August 23 runoff. [8] He lost the runoff election to Brecheen. [9]
Frix was elected by default to the Oklahoma Senate in 2024 to succeed Dewayne Pemberton when he was the only candidate to file for the office. [10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Avery Frix | 854 | 53.04 | |
Republican | Al Stevens | 586 | 36.40 | |
Republican | Leah Todd | 170 | 10.56 | |
Total votes | 1,610 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Avery Frix | 7,067 | 55.70 | |
Democratic | Wayne Herriman | 5,620 | 44.30 | |
Total votes | 12,687 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Avery Frix | 7,056 | 68.80% | |
Democratic | Jolene Armstrong | 3,200 | 31.20 | |
Total votes | 10,256 | 100.0 |
He ran for reelection unopposed in 2020. [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Avery Frix | 11,336 | 14.7 | |
Republican | Josh Brecheen | 10,579 | 13.8 | |
Republican | Johnny Teehee | 9,963 | 13.0 | |
Republican | John Bennett | 8,713 | 11.3 | |
Republican | Guy Barker | 8,444 | 11.0 | |
Republican | Marty Quinn | 5,612 | 7.3 | |
Republican | Wes Nofire | 4,859 | 6.3 | |
Republican | David Derby | 4,204 | 5.5 | |
Republican | Chris Schiller | 4,108 | 5.3 | |
Republican | Dustin Roberts | 3,746 | 4.9 | |
Republican | Pamela Gordon | 2,344 | 3.0 | |
Republican | Rhonda Hopkins | 1,281 | 1.7 | |
Republican | Clint Johnson | 1,128 | 1.5 | |
Republican | Erick Wyatt | 615 | 0.8 | |
Total votes | 76,932 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Josh Brecheen | 33,517 | 52.2 | |
Republican | Avery Frix | 30,686 | 47.8 | |
Total votes | 64,203 | 100.0 |
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