Possible 2012 Campaign For United States House of Representative
Collins was reportedly considering another run for Congress, but he did not qualify to run. Collins stated that he was likely to challenge U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, a fellow Republican in the redrawn 10th Congressional District, according to a report in the Athens Banner-Herald. The two have faced each other before: Collins defeated Broun with about 55 percent of the vote in a 1992 primary.
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