Editing Mac Collins (section)

==Georgia politics and State Senator==
Collins began his political career in 1977, when he was elected to the [[Butts County, Georgia|Butts]] [[County Commission]].<ref name=":0" /> He was immediately elected chairman by his colleagues and served two terms, giving up his seat in 1980 when he switched his party affiliation from [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] to Republican.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-26 |title=Mac Collins, Who Represented Georgia for 12 Years in the House, Dead at 74 |url=https://www.rollcall.com/2018/11/26/mac-collins-who-represented-georgia-for-12-years-in-the-house-dead-at-74/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Roll Call |language=en}}</ref> After losing two elections for [[Georgia Senate|Georgia State Senate]], he was elected in 1988 from a district in [[Henry County, Georgia|Henry County]] south of [[Atlanta]] and served two terms there.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mac Collins papers, Georgia State Senate|url=https://aspace-uwg.galileo.usg.edu/repositories/2/resources/363|website=University of West Georgia Special Collections}}</ref>