Benjamin Collings

{{short description|American politician from Maine|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Benjamin Collings

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| office = Member of the Maine House of Representatives

| termstart = December 7, 2022

| termend =

| predecessor = Randall Hall

| successor =

| constituency = 114th district

| termstart1 = December 7, 2016

| termend1 = December 7, 2022

| predecessor1 = Peter Stuckey

| successor1 = Valli Geiger

| constituency1 = 42nd district

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1976}}

| birth_place = Fort Kent, Maine

| residence = Portland, Maine

| party = Democratic

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| occupation = Consultant

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| website = [https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/housedems/collingsb/index.html Bio]

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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.{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Maine House approves changing Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day |url=https://www.centralmaine.com/2019/03/19/maine-house-approves-changing-columbus-day-to-indigenous-peoples-day/?rel=related |accessdate=28 November 2019 |work=Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel |date=19 March 2019}}

Collings grew up in Fort Kent, Maine and earned a social science degree from the University of Maine at Fort Kent.{{cite news |last1=Billings |first1=Randy |title=House District 42: Portland Republican running for seat in Democratic stronghold 'because someone needs to' |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2018/10/11/house-district-42-portland-republican-running-for-seat-in-democratic-stronghold-because-someone-needs-to/ |accessdate=28 November 2019 |work=Press Herald |date=11 October 2018}} 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.{{cite web | url=https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/06/22/politics/maine-democrats-votes-janet-mills-abortion-bill/ | title=Maine Democrats may not have the votes to pass Janet Mills' abortion bill | date=22 June 2023 }} For the final house vote to expand abortion access, Collings was absence.{{cite web | url=https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/rollcall.asp?ID=280088641&chamber=H&serialnumber=345 | title=Roll-call Details }}