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Chamel Collins is an American politician who is currently serving as Governor of Savannah, and was class I Senator from the State of Savannah, Senate Majority Leader, Savannah Lieutenant Governor and the 1992 and 1996 Farmer Labor Candidate.

Personal and Political Life
Chamel Collins who was born on April 15, 1952, was born into a middle class Muslim-American family, when Chamel went to school, Chamel got interested into politics after the 1968 election, in his earlier years, he was a strong supporter of the civil rights movement and at age 14, attended a rally where he got severe injures, but he recovered where after that he went to the university of Georgia where he studied political science, and after that he worked as an Aid to state representatives, then in 1987, he got appointed to the senate to fill Freya Oliver vacancy, he won re-election in 1990 running unopposed.

Political Positions
Chamel Collins identifies him self as "Big-tent" and a "Populist" advocating for Center-left Social and economic policies, usually sympathizing with the lower and middle class workers, and a member of the Fair Deal caucus of the Farmer Labor Party.

Career in the Senate
When Chamel got into the senate he started working on a farm bill and helped co-write a healthcare bill which established a public option and guaranteed Americans healthcare, and also Co-wrote a bill that repeal taft hartley.

1992 Presidential Campaign
Chamel Collins ran for the Farmer Labor nomination in 1992 and won the primaries in where he went to the General election, where he ran an anti-administration campaign, many people claim that was the reason he lost in a landslide to incumbent President Hubert Humphrey.

1996 Presidential Campaign
Chamel Collins always hinted at a second presidential run 4 years after his first attempt made him lose in a landslide, so when he announced his, he got more momentum than he thought he would get, but had to beat primary challenger, David Golden, which he did easily getting 80% of the vote, then during the general election, was neck and neck with the progressive nominee, Clinton, usually being neck and neck in the polls, losing and winning swing states, until the general election, where Collins finished first in both popular vote and electoral vote count. However, no candidate has received a straight up majority and thus the election was sent to the House of Representatives to decide. While Collins was initially considered to be the favourite due to the first place finishes. This momentum however was stopped after vote data with only Collins and his main rival in the House vote, Bill Clinton, accounted for. These new results showed Clinton with a very thin lead. While there is no confirmation, it is speculated that this data was what changed the minds of enough Representatives to bring the ultimate victory to Collins' opponent.

First Term
After Joshua Cruz's resignation, Chamel Collins became Governor of Savannah, where he formed a state cabinet, made Battle Cry of Freedom the state anthem, and gave the state a motto to go by, also prohibiting the use of Capital Punishment in the state.