# Avery Frix

Avery Carl Frix is a Choctaw American politician and businessman who has served in the Oklahoma Senate representing the 9th district since 2024.
He previously served as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 13th district from 2017 to 2022. In March 2022, he announced his retirement at the end of the term to run for the open congressional seat in Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district.

## Early life and education

Frix is a native of Muskogee, Oklahoma. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting from the University of Oklahoma in 2016.

## Career
### Oklahoma House of Representatives

Frix was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in November 2016. Since 2019, he has served as chair of the House Transportation Committee. In 2021, Frix authored a failed bill to name a state highway after former President Donald Trump. He was re-elected by default in 2020.

### 2022 Campaign for Oklahoma's 2nd

In March 2022, Frix declared his candidacy for Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district in the 2022 election. He was one of three Choctaw tribal members in the race, alongside Dustin Roberts, another Oklahoma House of Representatives member, 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. He lost the runoff election to Brecheen.

### Oklahoma Senate

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. He was sworn in on November 13, 2024.

## Electoral history

2016 Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Avery Frix | 854 | 53.04 |
| | Republican | Al Stevens | 586 | 36.40 |
| | Republican | Leah Todd | 170 | 10.56 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,610 | 100.0 |
2016 general results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Avery Frix | 7,067 | 55.70 |
| | Democratic | Wayne Herriman | 5,620 | 44.30 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 12,687 | 100.0 |
2018 general results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Avery Frix | 7,056 | 68.80% |
| | Democratic | Jolene Armstrong | 3,200 | 31.20 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 10,256 | 100.0 |
He ran for reelection unopposed in 2020.
2022 Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district June Republican primary results :
| Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 76,932 | 100.0 |
Republican primary runoff results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Josh Brecheen | 33,517 | 52.2 |
| | Republican | Avery Frix | 30,686 | 47.8 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 64,203 | 100.0 |
He was elected without opposition to the Oklahoma Senate representing the 9th district in 2024.