Phil Collins (politician)

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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]

Wisconsin State Assembly

Collins ran for the GOP nomination for 88th district of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 2024, calling for reduced taxes, a ban on abortion and a law requiring election officials to use printed obituaries to cull voter roles. He lost to Benjamin Franklin (R) who earned 4,608 votes (67.9%) to Collins' (R) 2,181 votes (32.1%). [14]

Personal life

Collins is a Lutheran Christian, being a communicant of the Orthodox Lutheran Confessional Conference. [15]

Electoral history

Phil Collins electoral history
Phil Collins
Chairman of the Prohibition Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
March 28, 2020
2012 Illinois Seventh Congressional district election [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Danny K. Davis (incumbent) 242,439 84.64% +3.13%
Republican Rita Zak31,46610.99%−5.10%
Independent John H. Monaghan12,5234.37%+4.37%
Independent Phil Collins (write-in)50.00%+0.00%
Socialist Workers Dennis Richter (write-in)20.00%+0.00%
Total votes286,435 100.00%
2014 Illinois Ninth Congressional district election [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Jan Schakowsky (incumbent) 141,000 66.06% −0.27%
Republican Susanne Atanus72,38433.91%+0.24%
Independent Phil Collins (write-in)660.03%+0.03%
Total votes213,450 100.00%
2017 Harper College Board of Trustee election [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Pat Stack (incumbent) 21,478 42.87%
Nonpartisan Phil Collins 15,764 31.47%
Nonpartisan Walt Mundt (incumbent)12,85525.66%
Total votes50,097 100.00%
2018 Clark County Treasurer Republican primary [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Phil Collins 50,380 82.85%
Republican Ron Q. Quilang10,43117.15%
Total votes60,811 100.00%
2018 Clark County Treasurer election [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Laura Fitzpatrick (incumbent) 367,732 57.73% +1.52%
Republican Phil Collins269,29442.27%−1.52%
Total votes637,026 100.00%
2019 Las Vegas mayoral election [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Carolyn Goodman (incumbent) 22,316 83.51%
Nonpartisan Phil Collins1,4175.30%
Nonpartisan Amy Luciano8243.08%
Nonpartisan Tina Rané Alexander7862.94%
Nonpartisan Mack Miller6162.31%
Nonpartisan Vance Sanders5291.98%
Nonpartisan Zachary Krueger2350.88%
Total votes26,723 100.00%
2020 California American Independent presidential primary [a] [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%
American Independent Phil Collins 18,461 32.64%
American Independent Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente 12,81622.66%
American Independent Don Blankenship 10,37718.34%
American Independent J.R. Myers8,06814.26%
American Independent Charles Kraut6,84612.10%
Total votes56,568 100.00%
2021 Oshkosh Common Council nonpartisan spring primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Aaron Wojciechowski 1,568 17.49%
Nonpartisan Jake Krause1,46116.30%
Nonpartisan Michael G. Beardsley1,29514.45%
Nonpartisan Bill Miller1,27414.21%
Nonpartisan Courtney N. Hansen1,16513.00%
Nonpartisan Phil Collins7918.83%
Nonpartisan K. Noah Hinrichs7768.66%
Nonpartisan Robert E. Wilcox6337.06%
Total votes8,963 100.00%

Notes

  1. ↑ While Phil Collins won the American Independent primary, Rocky De La Fuente received the party nomination for the 2020 general election.

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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  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. 1 2 "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 27, 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. ↑ "Voter Guide - Assembly District 88". Wisconsin Watch. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  15. ↑ Silliman, Daniel (22 June 2020). "For Third-Party Christians, Some Things Are More Important Than Winning". Christianity Today.
  16. ↑ "IL - District 07 2012". Our Campaigns. January 10, 2017.
  17. ↑ "IL - District 09 2014". Our Campaigns. December 6, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Palatine Library, Salt Creek, Harper Election Results". April 5, 2017. Archived from the original on March 28, 2020.
  19. ↑ "Clark County Treasurer - R Primary". Our Campaigns. 18 October 2018.
  20. ↑ "Clark County Treasurer". Our Campaigns. 7 January 2019.
  21. ↑ "Past Elections". clarkcountynv.gov. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  22. ↑ "Statement of Vote - Presidential Primary Election - March 3, 2020" (PDF). California Secretary of State . Retrieved 4 April 2025.
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