Taylor Collins

Collins's great-grandparents, John and Betty McCulley Sr., founded Oakville Feed and Produce, later renamed TriOak Foods, in 1951.{{cite news |last1=Jett |first1=Tyler |title=JBS buys 'certain assets' of major Iowa hog producer TriOak Foods |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/business/2022/12/05/major-iowa-hog-producer-trioak-foods-reaches-deal-with-jbs-livestock-pigs-pork/69695267007/ |access-date=13 March 2023 |work=Des Moines Register |date=5 December 2022 |quote=Oakville-based TriOak Foods owns sows and contracts with farmers to raise the pigs they produce. The company, in turn, has maintained a contract since 2017 to sell those fattened hogs to JBS. TriOak Foods also makes and sells feed, operates grain elevators and sells fertilizer.}} Collins was born in 1996,{{cite news |title=Representative Taylor R. Collins |url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=90&personID=27618 |access-date=1 September 2024}} in Macomb, Illinois,{{cite news |last1=Saar |first1=Bob |title='The party is changing': Unopposed in House race, Republican Taylor Collins rallies support |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/party-changing-unopposed-house-race-173224620.html |access-date=1 September 2024 |publisher=Yahoo! News |date=5 August 2022}} and lives in Mediapolis, Iowa. He earned a bachelor's degree in business management at Iowa State University and a master's degree in public administration from Drake University.{{cite news |last1=Gehr |first1=Danielle |title=Spirit of American rally, supporters celebrate their president |url=https://iowastatedaily.com/59395/news/spirit-of-american-rally-supporters-celebrate-their-president/ |access-date=13 March 2023 |work=Iowa State Daily |date=4 March 2017}} Collins has taught at Iowa Wesleyan University as an adjunct professor of economics and business.

Collins married Savannah Prescott in August 2023.{{cite news |last1=Nehamas |first1=Nicholas |title=Barbecues, Fairs and Weddings: Ron DeSantis Amps Up Retail Politics in Iowa |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/us/politics/desantis-iowa-wedding-2024.html |access-date=1 September 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=6 August 2023}}

In 2018, Collins served as president of the College Republicans at Iowa State University.{{cite news |last1=Connor |first1=Alex |title=College Republicans ousts transgender woman on sexual assault allegations |url=https://iowastatedaily.com/47682/news/college-republicans-ousts-transgender-woman-on-sexual-assault-allegations/ |access-date=13 March 2023 |work=Iowa State Daily |date=16 November 2017}}{{cite news |title=A possible rewrite of the Iowa Civil Rights Act looms |url=https://iowastatedaily.com/40998/news/a-possible-rewrite-of-the-iowa-civil-rights-act-looms/ |access-date=13 March 2023 |work=Iowa State Daily |date=11 February 2018}} After graduating, he chaired the Iowa Federation of College Republicans.{{cite news |last1=Delaney |first1=Talon |last2=Leeson |first2=Devyn |title=Iowa State community reflects on legacy of the ‘maverick’ John McCain |url=https://iowastatedaily.com/31601/news/iowa-state-community-reflects-on-legacy-of-the-maverick-john-mccain/ |access-date=13 March 2023 |work=Iowa State Daily |date=26 August 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Rambo |first1=K. |title=ISU College Republicans and Democrats respond to Trump’s Helsinki remarks |url=https://iowastatedaily.com/32968/news/isu-college-republicans-and-democrats-respond-to-trumps-helsinki-remarks/ |access-date=13 March 2023 |date=17 July 2018}} Collins was a policy adviser to Kim Reynolds and a senior adviser to Adam Gregg.{{cite news |title=Here's how much Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is paying her top... |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/29/iowa-salaries-pay-jobs-governor-kim-reynolds-bonus-debi-durham-matt-strawn-state-of-iowa-kirk-ferenz/2656442002/ |access-date=13 March 2023 |work=Des Moines Register |date=29 January 2019}} In January 2023, Collins began his campaign for the redrawn District 95 of the Iowa House of Representatives, as three-term lawmaker David Kerr announced his retirement and incumbent Charlie McClintock contested the District 42 seat in the Iowa Senate.{{cite news |title=Collins announces candidacy for Iowa House |url=https://www.southeastiowaunion.com/se-iowa-union-mount-pleasant/collins-announces-candidacy-for-iowa-house/ |access-date=13 March 2023 |work=Southeast Iowa Union |date=5 January 2022}} During his first term in office, Collins served on the House Education Committee, responsible for determining the budgets of the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and the University of Northern Iowa.{{cite news |last1=Henderson |first1=O. Kay |title=Bill targets diversity programs at UI, ISU, UNI |url=https://www.radioiowa.com/2023/03/01/bill-targets-dei-programs-at-ui-isu-uni/ |access-date=13 March 2023 |publisher=Radio Iowa |date=1 March 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Henderson |first1=O. Kay |title=Iowa GOP lawmakers question UI, ISU, UNI spending on diversity, equity, inclusion |url=https://www.radioiowa.com/2023/02/13/iowa-gop-lawmakers-question-ui-isu-uni-spending-on-diversity-equity-inclusion/ |access-date=13 March 2023 |publisher=Radio Iowa |date=13 February 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Akin |first1=Katie |title=Iowa House Republicans push regents universities on diversity program costs |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2023/02/14/iowa-universities-defend-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-programs-to-gop/69901033007/ |access-date=13 March 2023 |work=Des Moines Register |date=14 February 2023}} Collins was floor manager for a bill which proposed that the budget allocated to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at the three universities be used instead to lower the in-state tuition rate and fund scholarships for lower and middle income students.{{cite news |last1=Tallal |first1=Skylar |title=House GOP looks to "dismantle" Diversity, Equity & Inclusion programs in higher education |url=https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/house-gop-look-to-dismantle-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-programs-in-higher-education |access-date=13 March 2023 |publisher=KGAN |date=6 March 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Vanessa |title=Republican bill would ban DEI spending at Iowa universities |url=https://www.thegazette.com/higher-education/republican-bill-would-ban-dei-spending-at-iowa-universities/ |access-date=13 March 2023 |work=The Gazette |date=1 March 2023}}{{cite news |title=Bill to ban DEI spending at public universities advances in Iowa House |url=https://www.iowapublicradio.org/state-government-news/2023-03-01/bill-to-ban-dei-spending-at-public-universities-advances-in-iowa-house |access-date=13 March 2023 |publisher=Iowa Public Radio |date=1 March 2023}}

Collins began his reelection campaign in February 2024.{{cite news |title=Rep. Taylor Collins files for reelection to Iowa House |url=https://www.southeastiowaunion.com/se-iowa-union-new-london-journal/rep-taylor-collins-files-for-reelection-to-iowa-house/ |access-date=1 September 2024 |work=Southeast Iowa Union |date=29 February 2024}} Collins faced former United Parcel Service worker Jeff Poulter in the general election.{{cite news |title=Taylor Collins, R; and Jeff Poulter D |url=https://www.westlibertyindex.com/stories/taylor-collins-r,170722 |access-date=22 February 2025 |work=West Liberty Index |date=23 October 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Strong |first1=Jared |title=Democrat newcomer challenges Taylor Collins in Iowa House District 95 |url=https://www.thegazette.com/state-elections/democrat-newcomer-challenges-taylor-collins-in-iowa-house-district-95/ |access-date=22 February 2025 |work=The Gazette |date=31 October 2024}}

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