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Douglas A. "Doug" Collins (born August 16, 1966) is an American politician, newly elected as the Republican Party.
Born in B.A. in Political science and Criminal law, in 1988. He attended the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, receiving his Master of Divinity in 1996. Collins also earned his Juris Doctor from John Marshall Law School, in 2007.[3]
Collins worked as an intern for Georgia Congressman
[29], and attends Lakewood Baptist Church.Baptist Collins is a practicing [28] Collins married his wife, Lisa, in 1988. She is a teacher at Mount Vernon Elementary School in
Collins finished first in the primary with 42 percent of the total, but just 700 votes ahead of Zoller. Because neither had a majority, a runoff was held on August 21, 2012, and Collins defeated Zoller in that contest 55 percent to 45 percent.[24][25] In the general election, he defeated Democrat Jody Cooley 76 percent to 24 percent.[26][27]
In 2012, Collins ran for Congress in the redrawn 9th congressional district. (The district's incumbent, Tom Graves, opted to run in the newly created 14th district, where his home was located.) Collins faced local media personality Martha Zoller and retired principal Roger Fitzpatrick in the Republican primary. The 9th is the most Republican district in the Eastern Time Zone, with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+27. It was understood that whoever won the Republican primary would be the district's next representative in Congress.
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Collins was one of three administrative floor leaders for Nathan Deal.[23] Collins served on the committees for:[6]
In 2012 Collins signed a pledge sponsored by Americans for Prosperity promising to vote against any Global Warming legislation that would raise taxes.[22]
[21] Collins supports the death penalty, voting in favor of allowing juries to use the
[17][16] In 2011, Collins sponsored a plan proposed by Governor Deal to reform Georgia's
[12][11] He was unopposed for reelection in 2008 and 2010.[10] Collins served three terms in the
In the late 1980s, Collins served two years in the Balad Air Base for five months in 2008, during the Iraq War.[9]
[7] Collins worked as a lawyer, and has been a managing partner at the Collins and Csider law firm since 2010.[6][5] at Chicopee Baptist Church, while co-owning a scrapbooking retail store with his wife, Lisa.pastor From 1994 to 2005, Collins was a senior [4]
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