Benjamin Collings | |
Office: | Member of the Maine House of Representatives |
Termstart: | December 7, 2022 |
Predecessor: | Randall Hall |
Constituency: | 114th district |
Termstart1: | December 7, 2016 |
Termend1: | December 7, 2022 |
Predecessor1: | Peter Stuckey |
Successor1: | Valli Geiger |
Constituency1: | 42nd district |
Birth Place: | Fort Kent, Maine |
Residence: | Portland, Maine |
Party: | Democratic |
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 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]