{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Randy Nix | image = Member of the Georgia House of Representatives Randall Otis Nix.jpg | state_house = Georgia | district = 69th | term_start = January 8, 2007 | term_end = January 9, 2023 | predecessor = | successor = David Huddleston (redistricting) | birth_name = Randall Otis Nix | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|06|19}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | other_party = | relations = | spouse = Debra Nix | children = 2 Adult Children | occupation = Financial Services and Pastor | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Randall Otis Nix''' (born June 19, 1952) is a former Republican member of the Georgia House of Representatives for the 69th district. This district encompassed parts of Carroll County, Heard County, and Troup County.<ref name="gahouse">{{cite web |url=http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/house/bios/nixRandy/nixRandy.htm |title=Georgia House of Representatives |access-date=24 May 2012}}</ref>
==Biography== Randy Nix was born on June 19, 1956. He graduated from Troy State University with a B.S. degree in Business, and later from the Southern Trust School as well. Randy and his wife, Debra, have two daughters: Jess (an attorney in Birmingham, Alabama) and Julie (a Marine reservist and nursing student).<ref name="gahouse" /><ref name="resume">{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/State-Rep-Randy-Nix-R-69/73383657164?sk=info |title=State Rep. Randy Nix (R-69) - Resume |website=Facebook |access-date=24 May 2012}}</ref>
Nix served 5 years as a chaplain's assistant in the U.S. Army Reserve. He later served 7 years in the Alabama Air National Guard.<ref name="gahouse" /> Nix is a pastor at the Hillcrest United Methodist Church in LaGrange.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.house.ga.gov/Documents/Biographies/nix%20Randy.pdf |archive-date= |archive-url= |title=Biography |first=Brent |last=Cranfield |date=16 Dec 2011 |website=Georgia House of Representatives |language=en |access-date=16 August 2023}}</ref> Nix also acts as a motivational speaker.
As a member of the Georgia House, Nix belongs to the following committees: Banks and Banking, Education, Economic Development and Tourism, Judiciary, and Natural Resources and Environment (Secretary).
In 2021, Nix proposed legislation that would strip power from bipartisan local election boards in Georgia and hand it over to a board composed primarily of Republicans.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Corasaniti|first1=Nick|last2=Epstein|first2=Reid J.|date=2021-06-19|title=How Republican States Are Expanding Their Power Over Elections|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/19/us/politics/georgia-republicans-trump-election-power.html|access-date=2021-06-19|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.house.ga.gov/Representatives/en-US/member.aspx?Member=179&Session=21 Representative Randy Nix], Georgia House of Representatives
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