Taylor Collins | |
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| Member of the IowaHouseofRepresentatives from the 95th district | |
| Assumed office 9 January 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Charlie McClintock |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1996 (age 28–29) Macomb,Illinois,U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence(s) | Mediapolis,Iowa,U.S. |
| Education | Iowa State University Drake University |
Taylor Robert Collins (born 1996) is an American politician.
Collins's great-grandparents,John and Betty McCulley Sr.,founded Oakville Feed and Produce,later renamed TriOak Foods,in 1951. [1] [2] Collins was born in 1996, [3] in Macomb,Illinois, [4] and lives in Mediapolis,Iowa. [2] He earned a bachelor's degree in business management at Iowa State University and a master's degree in public administration from Drake University. [2] [5] Collins has taught at Iowa Wesleyan University as an adjunct professor of economics and business. [2]
In 2018,Collins served as president of the College Republicans at Iowa State University. [7] [8] After graduating,he chaired the Iowa Federation of College Republicans. [9] [10] Collins was a policy adviser to Kim Reynolds and a senior adviser to Adam Gregg. [11] [2] In January 2023,Collins began his campaign for the redrawn District 95 of the Iowa House of Representatives,as three-term lawmaker David Kerr announced his retirement and incumbent Charlie McClintock contested the District 42 seat in the Iowa Senate. [2] During his first term in office,Collins served on the House Education Committee,responsible for determining the budgets of the University of Iowa,Iowa State University,and the University of Northern Iowa. [12] [13] [14] Collins was floor manager for a bill which proposed that the budget allocated to diversity,equity,and inclusion initiatives at the three universities be used instead to lower the in-state tuition rate and fund scholarships for lower and middle income students. [15] [16] [17]
Collins began his reelection campaign in February 2024. [18] Collins faced former United Parcel Service worker Jeff Poulter in the general election. [19] [20]
Oakville-based TriOak Foods owns sows and contracts with farmers to raise the pigs they produce. The company, in turn, has maintained a contract since 2017 to sell those fattened hogs to JBS. TriOak Foods also makes and sells feed, operates grain elevators and sells fertilizer.
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