Doug Collins

Doug Collins
12th United States Secretary of the Veterans Affairs; From: February 5, 2025 – present
President	Donald Trump
Predecessor	Denis McDonough
Successor	Incumbent (no successor)
U.S. Representative from Georgia's 9th Congressional District; From: January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021
Predecessor	Tom Graves
Successor	Incumbent (no successor)
Former State Representative from Georgia's 27th District; From: January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2017
Predecessor	Stacey Reece
Successor	Lee Hawkins
Information;
Party	Republican;
Spouse(s)	Lisa Jordan;
Religion	Southern Baptist;
Military Service;
Allegiance	United States;
Service/branch	United States Air Force;
Service Years	2002 – present (reserve);
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel;
Unit	94th Airlift Wing;
Battles/wars	Iraq War

Douglas Allens “Doug” Collins (born August 16, 1966 (age 60)) is a member of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia's 9th congressional district.

Military service

Collins served in the United States Air Force as a chaplain since 2002. Completing a deployment between 2008 and 2009, Collins earned his rank as Lieutenant Colonel and is currently a reservist.

Political career

U.S. House of Representatives

In March 2019 Collins entered the full unredacted testimony of Bruce Ohr into the Congressional Record.^[1]

During the impeachment coup in December 2019, Collins avidly defended President Trump throughout and gave a compelling speech which elicited a standing ovation from fellow House Republicans.^[2]^[3]

2020 Senate run

See: 2020 United States Senate special election in Georgia

Collins said in December 2019 that he was considering running for the Senate in 2020, saying he wasn't "ruling it out".^[4] He later announced on January 29, 2020 that he officially launched a campaign to run for the seat currently held by Kelly Loeffler.^[5]

Criticism of Kelly Loeffler

Collins has strongly criticized Loeffler for what is perceived to be insufficient conservatism, such as her support by an anti-Trump group.^[6]

Jungle primary results

In the jungle primary coinciding with all the other 2020 general elections, Collins finished third place behind Loeffler and Democrat Raphael Warnock.^[7] Since no candidate got a majority of the vote, a runoff will be held between the top two, thus Collins being disqualified and losing the election.

Political views

Collins is a strong conservative who opposes abortion, gun control, and amnesty.^[8]

References

External links

Congressman Doug Collins

[1] ttps://dougcollins.house.gov/ohr

[2] WATCH LIVE: The Impeachment of President Trump

[3] Rep. Collins explodes, gets standing ovation in impeachment debate

[4] Doug Collins on potential 2020 Senate run: I'm not 'ruling it out'

[5] Doug Collins on Twitter

[6] Doug Collins on Twitter

[7] Senate Special Election: Georgia

[8] Doug Collins on the Issues

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