Hicks was first elected to the Missouri House from the 107th district in November 2012, and re-elected in 2014.
[1][3] After moving outside his district in June, Hicks resigned from the House in August 2016.
Days before the primary, Hicks' campaign distributed flyers that falsely claimed he was the "only candidate endorsed" by the Missouri Right to Life PAC.
[citation needed] Hicks represented a portion of Saint Charles County in the Weldon Spring area, straddling U.S. Route 40/61 on both sides of the Weldon Spring Conservation Area.
He succeeded Kurt Bahr who was term limited and instead ran for and won as Director of Elections.