Doug Collins pastored Gainesville’s Chicopee Baptist Church for over a decade before serving the local community as an attorney and the representative for Georgia’s 27th State House District. He is a northeast Georgia native and graduate of the University of North Georgia.

As a U.S. military chaplain, Doug has ministered to service members since 2002. He completed a 2008-2009 deployment to Iraq while stationed at Balad Air Force Base. A lieutenant colonel, Doug remains active in the Air Force Reserve and has represented Georgia’s Ninth Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2013.

In the 116th Congress, Doug serves on the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary. In this role, Doug works on a wide breadth of issues, which include fighting to uphold and safeguard the Second Amendment, protecting the lives of unborn children, defending religious liberty and overseeing law enforcement agencies.