Doug Collins will not run for Georgia Senate, governor in 2022 By FOX 5 Digital Team Published article U.S. Rep. Doug Collins speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center on February 27, 2020. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) ATLANTA - Former U.S. Rep. Doug Collins announced that he will not run for U.S. Senate or any other public office in Georgia's next election. Collins, a four-term congressman and one of Trump's fiercest defenders during the former president's impeachment fights and state recounts, said in a statement Monday that it was "goodbye for now but probably not forever."