Andrew Collins | |
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Minority Leader of the Arkansas House of Representatives | |
Assumed office January 13, 2025 | |
Preceded by | Tippi McCullough |
Member of the ArkansasHouseofRepresentatives from the 73rd district | |
Assumed office January 9,2023 | |
Preceded by | Mary Bentley |
Member of the ArkansasHouseofRepresentatives from the 35th district | |
In office January 14,2019 –January 9,2023 | |
Preceded by | Clarke Tucker |
Succeeded by | Milton Nicks Jr. (redistricted) |
Personal details | |
Born | Andrew Joseph Collins III September 7,1983 Little Rock,Arkansas,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Meghan Hauer |
Children | 3 |
Education | Duke University (BA) Columbia University (JD) |
Andrew Joseph Collins III (born September 7,1983) is an American politician who is a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives representing the 35th district in Pulaski County. Collins is a member of the Democratic Party.
Collins won the Democratic nomination for State Representative on May 22,2018,defeating Annie Depper,69 percent to 31 percent. [1]
He was elected in the general election on November 6,2018,winning 60 percent of the vote over 38 percent for Republican nominee Judith Goodson and 2 percent for Libertarian William J. Barger. [2]
Collins was unopposed for re-election in 2020. [3] Following the 2020 elections,Collins was redistricted to the 73rd district. He won his first election in the 73rd district in the 2022 election,where he received 58.98% of the vote against Republican challenger John Wickliffe. [4] He ran unopposed in the 2024 elections. He was elected as minority leader for the 2025 legislative session. [5]