Mike Collins

Rep. Mike Collins

Rep. Mike Collins

Collins joins primary to challenge U.S. Sen. Ossoff next year

A second Republican congressman has joined the race to unseat U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff next year.In a brief announcement on social media Monday, U.S. Rep. Mike Collins, R-Jackson, joined fellow GOP Rep. Buddy Carter, R-St.Simons, in the campaign to replace Democrat Ossoff with a Republican.
Greene County Commissioner Ernie Filice (standing) asks a question during Tuesday’s town hall meeting held by Congressman Mike Collins (R-Ga 10th) in Greensboro. MARK ENGEL/Staff

Greene County Commissioner Ernie Filice (standing) asks a question during Tuesday’s town hall meeting held by Congressman Mike Collins (R-Ga 10th) in Greensboro. MARK ENGEL/Staff

Collins takes on federal agencies

Tenth District U.S. Representative Mike Collins (R-Ga.) told a crowd in Greensboro Tuesday night that if there’s one message he has, it is that decisions being made by federal agencies under the Biden Administration just “don’t make sense.
District 10 Congressman Mike Collins (center) speaks with Putnam County Manager Paul Van Haute (in green), with (l-r) County Clerk Lynn Butterworth, Eatonton Councilmember Janie Reid and Eatonton Mayor John Reid among local dignitaries touring the county’s new fire station under construction behind the county offices off the Hwy. 441 bypass. IAN TOCHER/Staff

District 10 Congressman Mike Collins (center) speaks with Putnam County Manager Paul Van Haute (in green), with (l-r) County Clerk Lynn Butterworth, Eatonton Councilmember Janie Reid and Eatonton Mayor John Reid among local dignitaries touring the county’s new fire station under construction behind the county offices off the Hwy. 441 bypass. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Congressman Collins visits PC Commission

Old-school politics were on full display April 6 in Putnam County. A tour of a new building under construction. Public visibility and handshaking.