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Nicks defeated his fellow [[African American]], the incumbent House District 50 Democrat Fred Smith, a former professional [[basketball]] player,  in a low-turnout [[primary]] held on May 20, 2014. Nicks polled 1,109 votes (67.1 percent) to Smith's 544 (32.9 percent). Nicks was then unopposed in the November 4 [[general election]]. Relected in 2016, 2018, and 2020,  he is eligible to serve in the House until 2030.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2014|title=District 50|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=December 31, 2020}}</ref>   

Nicks defeated his fellow [[African American]], the incumbent House District 50 Democrat Fred Smith, a former professional [[basketball]] player,  in a low-turnout [[primary]] held on May 20, 2014. Nicks polled 1,109 votes (67.1 percent) to Smith's 544 (32.9 percent). Nicks was then unopposed in the November 4 [[general election]]. Relected in 2016, 2018, and 2020,  he is eligible to serve in the House until 2030.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2014|title=District 50|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=December 31, 2020}}</ref>   

Representative Nicks holds these committee assignments: (1)  Joint Performance Review, (2) City, County and Local Affairs, and (3) Public Transportation.<ref name=mnjr/> Nicks is the [[chaplain]] of the Arkansas Legislative Black Caucus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2015/Lists/Meetings/Attachments/22930/I13479.PDF|title=Arkansas Legislative Black Caucus|date=March 16, 2015||accessdate=April 17, 2015}}</ref>

Representative Nicks holds these committee assignments: (1)  Joint Performance Review, (2) City, County and Local Affairs, and (3) Public Transportation.<ref name=mnjr/> Nicks is the [[chaplain]] of the Arkansas Legislative Black Caucus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2015/Lists/Meetings/Attachments/22930/I13479.PDF|title=Arkansas Legislative Black Caucus|date=March 16, 2015; information no longer accessible on-line|accessdate=April 17, 2015}}</ref>

In February 2015, Nicks was one of twenty legislators who opposed House Bill 1228, authored by [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Bob Ballinger]] of Carroll County in northwestern Arkansas,<ref name=religiousfreedom/> which sought to prohibit government from imposing a burden on the free exercise of religion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/bill/19610/51617/141580/prohibits-government-from-burdening-exercise-of-religion#.VSl8TsstEqQ|title=HB 1228|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=December 31, 2020}}</ref> Representative [[Camille Bennett]], a Democrat from Lonoke, called for a reworking of the legislation.<ref>

In February 2015, Nicks was one of twenty legislators who opposed House Bill 1228, authored by [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Bob Ballinger]] of Carroll County in northwestern Arkansas,<ref name=religiousfreedom/> which sought to prohibit government from imposing a burden on the free exercise of religion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/bill/19610/51617/141580/prohibits-government-from-burdening-exercise-of-religion#.VSl8TsstEqQ|title=HB 1228|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=December 31, 2020}}</ref> Representative [[Camille Bennett]], a Democrat from Lonoke, called for a reworking of the legislation.<ref>