Bayan nasarar Ford, ya kira Collins a matsayin Kwamitin Ƙasa na Democratic daga Kentucky. Ta bar aikinta na koyarwa kuma ta tafi aiki na cikakken lokaci a hedkwatar jam'iyyar Democrat na jihar, a matsayin sakataren jam'iyyar Democrat na jihar kuma a matsayin wakili zuwa Babban Taron Ƙasa na Democrat na 1972. A shekara mai zuwa, ta yi aiki don yakin neman zaben Huddleston na Amurka. A 1975, Huddleston ya tambayi Collins don ya jagoranci jagorancin Wendell Ford na gwamna a gundumar 6th District. J.R. Miller, shugaban jam'iyyar Democrat na jihar, ya yi sharhi cewa "Ta shirya wannan gundumar kamar yadda ba za ku yi imani ba. " Bayan nasarar Ford, ya kira Collins a matsayin Kwamitin Ƙasa na Democrat daga Kentucky. Ta bar aikinta na koyarwa kuma ta tafi aiki a cikakken lokaci a hedkwatar jam'iyyar Democrat, a matsayin sakataren jam'iyyar Democrat na jihar kuma a matsayin wakili zuwa taron kasa na Democrat na 1972. A shekara mai zuwa, ta yi aiki don yakin neman zaben na Democrat na Amurka Walter "Dee" Huddleston. A shekara ta 1975, H
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