{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Thom Collier | image = | state_house = Ohio | state = Ohio | district = 90th | term = September 12, 2000-December 31, 2008 | preceded = Bill Harris | succeeded = Margaret Ruhl | birth_date = | birth_place. = | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | profession = | party = Republican }}
'''Thom Collier''' is a current Knox County Commissioner,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.co.knox.oh.us/offices/commissioners/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-11-18 |archive-date=2012-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101011420/http://www.co.knox.oh.us/offices/commissioners/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> elected to the position in 2012, and former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 90th District from 2000 to 2008.
In January 2012, he announced his intention to run for Knox County Commissioner.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/12/01/20/collier-to-run-for-county-commissioner |title=Collier to run for county commissioner |website=www.mountvernonnews.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707105624/http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/12/01/20/collier-to-run-for-county-commissioner |archive-date=2012-07-07}}</ref> On March 6, 2012, he was chosen as the Republican nominee in the GOP primary.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.knoxpages.com/?NewsID=8812&CatID=1 | title=Knox Pages | date=19 July 2023 }}</ref> On November 5, 2012, he won a seat as a Knox County Commissioner, receiving 48.95% of the vote.<ref>[http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/12/11/07/pr?id=2&headline=collier-wins-spot-as-county-commissioner#ixzz2BdbV18IW Collier wins spot as county commissione] mountvernonnews.com {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.co.knox.oh.us/offices/boe/pastelections%5CEL452012G.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-11-06 |archive-date=2014-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112111944/http://www.co.knox.oh.us/offices/boe/pastelections%5CEL452012G.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2010, he made an unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination for the 19th Senate District, losing the primary election to Kris Jordan, 37.5% to 53.9%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2010results/20100504OHsenate-R.aspx |title=2010 Elections Results|website=state.oh.us|access-date=6 September 2023}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.knoxpages.com/?NewsID=8812&CatID=1 Knox Pages | Knox County News and Info] *[http://www.electcollier.com Out Of The Shadows: Effective Use Of Glass In Design]
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