Dexter Grimsley (born November 11, 1970) is an American politician who served as a Democrat in the

Alabama House of Representatives The Alabama House of Representatives is the lower house of the Alabama Legislature, the state legislature (United States), state legislature of state of Alabama. The House is composed of 105 members representing an equal number of districts, with ...

from the 85th district from 2010 to 2022, representing Henry and Houston counties. Grimsley worked as a state probation officer for 19 years, but after being re-elected to a second four-year term as state representative, was told he could not hold two state positions. He has said that he needed to have a second job to support his family financially and was only five years from retirement. Grimsley served three terms in the state legislature. He was unseated in 2022 when he was defeated in his bid for re-election by Republican candidate Rick Rehm. currently coach at Alma mater Abbeville high school

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Grimsley, Dexter 1970 births Living people Democratic Party members of the Alabama House of Representatives People from Abbeville, Alabama Northwestern State University alumni African-American state legislators in Alabama 21st-century members of the Alabama Legislature 21st-century African-American politicians