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Betty McCollum

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 12, 1954 in Minneapolis, MN

Education:

  • College of St. Catharine, B.S., 1986

Career:

  • School teacher
  • Retail sales and management

Elected Office:

  • North St. Paul city council, 1896-1992
  • MN House, 1992-2001


Election Results for Betty McCollum


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2000 45 MN DFL U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 35,911 50.4%
2000 45 MN DFL U.S. House District 04 General 1 130,403 48.0%
2002 47 MN DFL U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 30,878 100.0%
2002 47 MN DFL U.S. House District 04 General 1 164,597 62.2%
2004 49 MN DFL U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 16,529 100.0%
2004 49 MN DFL U.S. House District 04 General 1 182,387 57.5%
2006 51 MN DFL U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 37,397 100.0%
2006 51 MN DFL U.S. House District 04 General 1 172,098 69.5%
2008 53 MN DFL U.S. House District 04 General 1 216,268 68.4%
2010 55 MN DFL U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 55,491 86.6%
2010 55 MN DFL U.S. House District 04 General 1 136,746 59.1%
2012 57 MN DFL U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 27,291 89.5%
2012 57 MN DFL U.S. House District 04 General 1 216,685 62.3%
2014 59 MN DFL U.S. House District 04 General 1 147,857 61.2%
2016 61 MN DFL U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 33,336 100.0%
2016 61 MN DFL U.S. House District 04 General 1 203,299 57.8%
2018 63 MN DFL U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 86,842 91.0%
2018 63 MN DFL U.S. House District 04 General 1 216,865 66.0%
2020 65 MN DFL U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 80,048 84.0%
2020 65 MN DFL U.S. House District 04 General 1 245,813 63.2%
2022 67 MN DFL U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 58,043 83.4%
2022 67 MN DFL U.S. House District 04 General 1 200,055 67.6%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Betty McCollum


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
2001 46 House 97 3 R 28 72 99 100 4
2002 47 House 98 2 R 25 75 99 100 4
2003 48 House 93 3 R 18 82 96 100 8
2004 49 House 97 3 R 27 73 99 100 0
2005 50 House 98 2 R 11 89 98 95 0
2006 51 House 94 4 R 18 82 98 95 4
2007 52 House 97 1 R 4 96 99 95 0
2008 53 House 98 0 R 13 86 98 100 0
2009 54 House 96 1 D 91 4 97 100 0
2010 55 House 96 2 D 88 10 98 100 0
2011 56 House 89 4 D 77 12 93 94 5
2012 57 House 95 2 D 83 12 98 95 4
2013 58 House 92 8 D 90 10 99 95 12
2014 59 House 93 2 D 89 9 95 83 4
2015 60 House 95 2 D 92 7 98 100 4
2016 61 House 99 1 D 100 0 99 100 0
2017 62 House 99 1 R 14 86 99 100 7
2018 63 House 94 4 R 26 70 99 92 4
2019 64 House 99 1 R 4 96 100 90 3
2020 65 House 100 0 R 6 94 100 95 0
2021 66 House 99 1 D 100 0 99 89 8
2022 67 House 99 1 D 100 0 99 3
2023 68 House 94 6 D 99 0
2024 69 House 89 11 D 99 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   3%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.