Phil Collins

Philip Andrew Collins (born March 8, 1967) is an American politician who is the Prohibition Party's presidential nominee for the 2020 presidential election. Collins was active in local politics in Illinois and Nevada.

Philip Andrew Collins was born on March 8, 1967, at Naval Air Station Point Mugu in Point Mugu, California where his father was stationed. In 1985, he graduated from Siloam Springs High School and later received a bachelor of arts in political science from the University of Arkansas.

Local politics

During the 2012 and 2014 House of Representatives elections Collins ran as a write-in candidate in the seventh and ninth congressional districts. During the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries he supported former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer and ran as a pro-Roemer delegate in the primary.

In 2013, he was elected as a Libertyville Township trustee and while living in Illinois served as the chairman of the Illinois Prohibition party. In 2017, he ran for a position on the Harper College Board of Trustees and placed second in the election for two seats, but declined to take office as he had moved to Las Vegas, Nevada after the last day to file a withdrawal of candidacy.

On June 12, 2018, he won the Republican nomination for Clark County treasurer against Ron Q. Quiland, but was defeated in the general election by Laura Fitzpatrick. He later ran in the 2019 mayoral election where he came in second place.

Presidential

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. On August 24, 2019, he was given the Prohibition party's presidential nomination to replace Connie Gammon after he withdrew due to health issues. 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.

On March 3, 2020, he won the American Independent primary in California and if the party chooses to give its nomination to him then he would become the first Prohibition presidential candidate to appear on the California ballot in the general election since E. Harold Munn in 1964.