Phil Collins (politician)

Philip Andrew Collins[1] (born March 8, 1967) is an American politician who was the Prohibition Party's presidential nominee for the 2020 presidential election. Collins was active in local politics in Illinois and Nevada.

Phil Collins
Chairman of the Prohibition Party
Assumed office
March 28, 2020
Preceded byRandy McNutt
Member of the Libertyville Township Board of Trustees
In office
May 2013 – January 2016
Personal details
Born (1967-03-08) March 8, 1967
Point Mugu, California, U.S.
Political partyProhibition
Other political
affiliations		Republican
Spouse(s)Nicole Macaluso
EducationUniversity of Arkansas (B.A.)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/serviceUnited States Navy

Early life

Philip Andrew Collins was born on March 8, 1967, at Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme, California, where his father was stationed. In 1985, he graduated from Siloam Springs High School and later received a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Arkansas. Collins served in the United States Navy and was a hospital corpsman.[2]

Career

Local politics

During the 2012 and 2014 House of Representatives elections Collins ran as a write-in candidate in the seventh and ninth congressional districts.[3][4] During the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries he supported former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer and ran as a pro-Roemer delegate in the primary.[5]

From May 2013 to January 2016, he served as a Libertyville Township trustee and while living in Illinois served as the chairman of the Illinois Prohibition party.[6][7] In 2017, he ran for a position on the Harper College Board of Trustees and placed second in the election for two seats, but declined to take office, since he had moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, after the last day to file a withdrawal of candidacy.[8][6]

On June 12, 2018, he won the Republican nomination for Clark County treasurer against Ron Q. Quiland, but was defeated in the general election by Laura Fitzpatrick. He later ran in Las Vegas' 2019 mayoral election where he came in second place.[9]

Presidential

On April 14, 2019, he was given the Prohibition Party's vice presidential nomination after initially losing the presidential nomination to Connie Gammon, who was the original 2020 vice presidential nominee after Bill Bayes withdrew from the presidential nomination.[10] On August 24, 2019, he was given the Prohibition Party's presidential nomination to replace Connie Gammon after Gammon withdrew due to health problems.[11] Afterward he announced that he would also run in the American Independent Party's presidential primary in California and his name was included on the American Independent primary list.[12]

On March 3, 2020, he won the American Independent primary in California. However, the American Independent Party elected to give its presidential nomination to Rocky De La Fuente and its vice presidential nomination to Kanye West.[13]

Personal life

Collins is a Lutheran Christian, being a communicant of the Orthodox Lutheran Confessional Conference.[14]

Electoral history
Phil Collins electoral history
2012 Illinois Seventh Congressional district election[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Danny K. Davis (incumbent) 242,439 84.64% +3.13%
Republican Rita Zak 31,466 10.99% -5.10%
Independent John H. Monaghan 12,523 4.37% +4.37%
Independent Phil Collins (write-in) 5 0.00% +0.00%
Socialist Workers Dennis Richter (write-in) 2 0.00% +0.00%
Total votes 286,435 100.00%
2014 Illinois Ninth Congressional district election[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jan Schakowsky (incumbent) 141,000 66.06% -0.27%
Republican Susanne Atanus 72,384 33.91% +0.24%
Independent Phil Collins (write-in) 66 0.03% +0.03%
Total votes 213,450 100.00%
2017 Harper College Board of Trustee election[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Pat Stack (incumbent) 21,478 42.87%
Nonpartisan Phil Collins 15,764 31.47%
Nonpartisan Walt Mundt (incumbent) 12,855 25.66%
Total votes 50,097 100.00%
2018 Clark County Treasurer Republican primary[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Phil Collins 50,380 82.85%
Republican Ron Q. Quilang 10,431 17.15%
Total votes 60,811 100.00%
2018 Clark County Treasurer election[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Laura Fitzpatrick (incumbent) 367,732 57.73% +1.52%
Republican Phil Collins 269,294 42.27% -1.52%
Total votes 637,026 100.00%
2019 Las Vegas mayoral election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Carolyn Goodman (incumbent) 22,316 83.51%
Nonpartisan Phil Collins 1,417 5.30%
Nonpartisan Amy Luciano 824 3.08%
Nonpartisan Tina Rané Alexander 786 2.94%
Nonpartisan Mack Miller 616 2.31%
Nonpartisan Vance Sanders 529 1.98%
Nonpartisan Zachary Krueger 235 0.88%
Total votes 26,723 100.00%
2020 California American Independent primary
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
American Independent Phil Collins 11,532 32.28%
American Independent Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente 7,263 20.33%
American Independent Don Blankenship 6,913 19.35%
American Independent J.R. Myers 5,099 14.27%
American Independent Charles Kraut 4,216 11.80%
Total votes 35,723 100.00%

References
  1. "PHIL COLLINS FOR PRESIDENT". Phil Collins 4 President. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  2. londy1887 (June 9, 2019). "Phil Collins, 2020 VP nominee Prohibition Party". Third Party Second Bananas. Archived from the original on December 30, 2019.
  3. "My new campaign". June 13, 2012. Archived from the original on March 28, 2020.
  4. "U.S. House campaign". August 28, 2014. Archived from the original on March 28, 2020.
  5. "ROEMER FILES PETITIONS FOR ILLINOIS PRIMARY BID". January 7, 2012. Archived from the original on March 28, 2020.
  6. "Harper College board winner moves out of town, withdraws". Daily Herald. April 5, 2017. Archived from the original on August 27, 2020.
  7. "The Head of the Prohibition Party Doesn't Care if You Drink". Vine Pair. February 15, 2017. Archived from the original on December 30, 2019.
  8. "Newcomer Collins, incumbent Stack on way to Harper College board". April 5, 2017. Archived from the original on March 28, 2020.
  9. "Carolyn Goodman cruises to third term as Las Vegas mayor". Las Vegas Review-Journal. April 2, 2019. Archived from the original on August 21, 2020.
  10. Makeley, Jonathon (April 15, 2019). "Prohibition National Committee Meets, Gammon and Collins Selected as Presidential Ticket". Independent Political Report. Archived from the original on December 30, 2019.
  11. Hogue, Andy (August 29, 2019). "Phil Collins Running For President Against All Odds". The Hayride. Archived from the original on December 30, 2019.
  12. Winger, Richard (November 6, 2019). "American Independent Party Submits List of Presidential Primary Candidates". Ballot Access News. Archived from the original on December 30, 2019.
  13. "American Independent Party Nominates Rocky De La Fuente for President and Kanye West for Vice-President". Ballot Access News. August 15, 2020. Archived from the original on August 15, 2020.
  14. Silliman, Daniel (22 June 2020). "For Third-Party Christians, Some Things Are More Important Than Winning". Christianity Today.
  15. "IL - District 07 2012". Our Campaigns. January 10, 2017.
  16. "IL - District 09 2014". Our Campaigns. December 6, 2014.
  17. "Palatine Library, Salt Creek, Harper Election Results". April 5, 2017. Archived from the original on March 28, 2020.
  18. "Clark County Treasurer - R Primary". Our Campaigns. 18 October 2018.
  19. "Clark County Treasurer". Our Campaigns. 7 January 2019.
Party political offices
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James Hedges		 Prohibition Party presidential nominee
2020		 Succeeded by
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