Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: A shekara ta 1971, Collins ita ce shugabar Jayceettes; ta hanyar aikinta a can, ta zo ga hankalin Sanata na jihar Democrat Walter "Dee" Huddleston. Huddleston ya nemi Collins ya zama mataimakin shugaban yakin neman zaben gwamna na Wendell Ford a gundumar ta 6. 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 sanya Collins a matsayin Kwamitin Ƙungiyar Democratic Democratic daga Kentucky. Ta bar aikin koyarwarta 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 a Taron Kasa na Democrat na 1972. A shekara mai zuwa, ta yi aiki don yakin Huddleston don Majalisar Dattijan Amurka. A cikin 1975, Collins ya lashe zaben Democrat don Clerk na Kotun Kentucky na Kotun daukaka kara a cikin hanyar farko ta biyar. A cikin babban zaben, ta kayar da dan Republican Joseph E. Lambert da kuri'u 382,528 zuwa 233,442. A lokacin da take mulki, wani kwaskwarima ga kundin tsarin mulkin jihar ya canza sunan Kotun daukaka kara zuwa Kotun Koli ta Kentucky; Collins shine mutum na karshe da ya rike mukamin Sakataren Kotun daukaka kara kuma na farko da ya rike mukamin Sakataren Kotun Koli. A matsayinta na ma'aikaci, ta tattara kuma ta rarraba wata kasida game da sabon rawar da Kotun Koli ta taka, kuma ta yi aiki tare da sashen ilimi na jihar don ƙirƙirar littafin koyarwa don amfani a makarantun gwamnati, wanda ke ba da cikakken bayani game da canje-canjen da aka yi a tsarin kotu sakamakon gyaran kundin tsarin mulki. The Woodford County babi na Kasuwanci da Professional Mata zabi Collins kamar yadda ta 1976 Woman of Achievement, kuma a 1977, Gwamna Julian Carroll mai suna ta Kentucky Executive Director na Friendship Force. A wani filin da ya hada da shida manyan 'yan takara, Collins kulla da Democratic gabatarwa ga mataimakin gwamnan a 1979 primary, garnering 23 bisa dari na kuri'a. Ta yi nasara da dan Republican Hal Rogers a cikin babban zaben 543,176 zuwa 316,798. A matsayinta na mataimakiyar gwamna, ta yi tafiya...  Tambaya: Wace gunduma aka nemi Collins ya zama mataimakin shugabanta?
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