Charlie Collins

Charlie Collins

Republican Party

Prior offices

Arkansas House of Representatives District 84

Successor: Denise Garner

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Elections and appointments

Last election

November 6, 2018

Education

Bachelor's

United States Naval Academy, 1985

Graduate

George Washington University, 1986

Personal

Religion

Christian: Protestant

Profession

Co-owner, Crown Partners Executive Search

Contact

Campaign Facebook

Personal website

Charlie Collins (Republican Party) was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, representing District 84. He assumed office in 2011. He left office on January 13, 2019.

Collins (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Arkansas House of Representatives to represent District 84. He lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.

Collins entered the race for lieutenant governor of Arkansas in 2014 but withdrew before he could appear on the primary ballot.^[1]

Biography

Collins was born on November 30, 1962. He earned his B.S. in economics from the United States Naval Academy in 1985 and his M.A. in quantitative economics from George Washington University in 1986. Collins previously worked as a sales team leader for Wal-Mart, an associate director for Procter & Gamble, a vice-president for Heinz, a vice-president for Eastman Kodak, and a co-owner of Crown Partners Executive Search.

Committee assignments

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Collins served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Collins served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Collins served on these committees:

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2018

See also: Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 84

Denise Garner defeated incumbent Charlie Collins in the general election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 84 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Denise Garner (D)	55.4	7,497
		Charlie Collins (R)	44.6	6,032

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 84

Denise Garner advanced from the Democratic primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 84 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Denise Garner

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 84

Incumbent Charlie Collins advanced from the Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 84 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Charlie Collins

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2016

See also: Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2016

Ballotpedia's analysis revealed that only 42 of the 100 seats up for election in 2016 involved competition between Democrats and Republicans. This made it numerically impossible for Democrats to take control of either Arkansas legislative chamber in 2016.

The reason for the low competition was that candidates were in safe districts for their parties. Between 1972 and 2014, an upward trend in uncontested state legislative elections occurred.

The Democratic Party of Arkansas focused its 2016 efforts on the state’s House of Representatives. Without the numbers to win the state Senate, H.L. Moody, communications director for the Democratic Party of Arkansas, told Ballotpedia that the party’s goal was to “start building back where we can,” beginning with the House.

Ballotpedia spoke to political analyst Richard Winger, who said that the early primary deadline for the 2016 elections was a possible factor as well, making it difficult for Democrats to recruit candidates early.

The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing period began at noon local time on November 2, 2015, and ended at noon local time on November 9, 2015.^[2]

Incumbent Charlie Collins ran unopposed in the Arkansas House of Representatives District 84 general election.^[3]

Arkansas House of Representatives, District 84 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Charlie Collins Incumbent (unopposed)
Source: Arkansas Secretary of State

Incumbent Charlie Collins ran unopposed in the Arkansas House of Representatives District 84 Republican Primary.^[4][5]

Arkansas House of Representatives, District 84 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Charlie Collins Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Arkansas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014; a runoff election took place where necessary on June 10, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 3, 2014. Candy Clark was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Charlie Collins was unopposed in the Republican primary. Collins defeated Clark in the general election.^[6][7]

Arkansas House of Representatives, District 84 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Charlie Collins Incumbent	58.2%	6,490
	Democratic	Candy Clark	41.8%	4,654
Total Votes				11,144

Collins was running for election to the Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas.^[1] He dropped out of the race before the primary on May 20, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.

2012

See also: Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2012

Collins ran for re-election in the 2012 election for Arkansas House of Representatives, District 84. Collins ran unopposed in the May 22 Republican primary and defeated Adella Gray (D) in the general election on November 6, 2012.^[8][9][10]

Arkansas House of Representatives, District 84, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Charlie Collins Incumbent	54%	7,410
	Democratic	Adella Gray	46%	6,300
Total Votes				13,710

2010

See also: Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2010

Collins defeated incumbent Democrat Jim House in the November 2 general election.^[11]

Arkansas House of Representatives, District 89 General Election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Charlie Collins (R)		5,536
Jim House (D)		5,442

Campaign themes

2012

Collins' website highlighted the following campaign themes:^[12]

• Our State ranks 4th from the bottom in per person income, but 4th from the top in high taxes on each dollar of income.
• STOP job killing programs like Obamacare, Cap and Trade, and Card Check.
• The Change we need is turning Arkansas into a Good Jobs magnet.
• Lower taxes on Arkansas workers makes it less expensive for employers to hire.

Campaign finance summary

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Scorecards

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2018

In 2018, the Arkansas State Legislature was in session from February 12 through March 12. The legislature held a special session from March 13 to March 15.

• National Federation of Independent Business

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to small business issues.

• The American Conservative Union

Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

Personal

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When he served in the state House, Collins and his wife, Leeann Whalen Collins, had four children.

See also

• Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas
• Arkansas Lieutenant Gubernatorial election, 2014
• Arkansas House of Representatives
• House Committees
• Arkansas State Legislature
• Arkansas state legislative districts

External links

Suggest a link

• Search Google News for this topic
• Charlie Collins' campaign website
• Profile from Open States
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Legislative Profile from Project Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions via OpenSecrets

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