Phil Collins (politician)

Philip Andrew Collins[1] (born March 8, 1967) is an American politician who is 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
Incumbent
Assumed office March 28, 2020
Preceded by	Randy McNutt
Member of the Libertyville Township Board of Trustees
In office 2013–2016
Personal details
Born	(1967-03-08) March 8, 1967 Point Mugu, California, U.S.
Political party	Prohibition
Other political affiliations	Republican
Spouse(s)	Nicole Macaluso
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United 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.[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]

In 2013, he was elected as a Libertyville Township trustee and while living in Illinois served as the chairman of the Illinois Prohibition party.[6] 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.[7][8]

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 the 2019 mayoral election where he came in second place.

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.[9] On August 24, 2019, he was given the Prohibition party's presidential nomination to replace Connie Gammon after he withdrew due to health issues.[10] 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.[11]

On March 3, 2020, he won the American Independent primary in California. However, the American Independent Party selected to give its presidential nomination to Rocky De La Fuente and its vice presidential nomination to Kanye West.[12]

Electoral history

Phil Collins electoral history

2012 Illinois Seventh Congressional district election[13]

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[14]

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[15]

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[16]

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[17]

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%'

Personal life

Phil Collins is a Lutheran Christian, being a communicant of the Orthodox Lutheran Confessional Conference.[18]

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. "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.
7. "Newcomer Collins, incumbent Stack on way to Harper College board". April 5, 2017. Archived from the original on March 28, 2020.
8. "Harper College board winner moves out of town, withdraws". April 5, 2017. Archived from the original on March 28, 2020.
9. 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.
10. Hogue, Andy (August 29, 2019). "Phil Collins Running For President Against All Odds". The Hayride. Archived from the original on December 30, 2019.
11. 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.
12. "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.
13. "IL - District 07 2012". Our Campaigns. January 10, 2017.
14. "IL - District 09 2014". Our Campaigns. December 6, 2014.
15. "Palatine Library, Salt Creek, Harper Election Results". April 5, 2017. Archived from the original on March 28, 2020.
16. "Clark County Treasurer - R Primary". Our Campaigns. 18 October 2018.
17. "Clark County Treasurer". Our Campaigns. 7 January 2019.
18. Silliman, Daniel (22 June 2020). "For Third-Party Christians, Some Things Are More Important Than Winning". Christianity Today.

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