Benjamin Collings | |
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Member of the Maine House of Representatives | |
Assumed office December 7, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Randall Hall |
Constituency | 114th district |
In office December 7,2016 –December 7,2022 | |
Preceded by | Peter Stuckey |
Succeeded by | Valli Geiger |
Constituency | 42nd district |
Personal details | |
Born | 1976 (age 46–47) Fort Kent,Maine |
Political party | Democratic |
Residence | Portland,Maine |
Occupation | Consultant |
Website | Bio |
Benjamin Collings (born 1976) is an American politician from Maine. Collings,a Democrat was first elected to the Maine House of Representatives (District 42) in 2016. A political and business consultant,Collings has worked on various campaigns including most notably as the state director for Bernie Sanders in 2016. He successfully sponsored a bill to rename Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous Peoples' Day. [1]
Collings grew up in Fort Kent,Maine and earned a social science degree from the University of Maine at Fort Kent. [2] In June of 2023 Collings offered an amendment to a Democrat led bill to expand abortion rights in Maine that would limit the legality of post-viability abortions for reasons of lethal fetal anomalies and to protect the mother’s health. [3] For the final house vote to expand abortion access,Collings was absence. [4]
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