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Bill McCollum

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 12, 1944 in Brooksville, FL

Education:

  • University of Florida, B.A., 1966, J.D., 1968

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy (Judge Advocate Corps), 1969-1972
  • U.S. Naval Reserve, 1972-1992

Career:

  • Lawyer



Election Results for Bill McCollum


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 35 FL R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 26,152 42.9%
1980 35 FL R U.S. House District 05 Primary Runoff 1 34,875 54.4%
1980 35 FL R U.S. House District 05 General 1 177,603 55.8%
1982 37 FL R U.S. House District 05 General 1 69,993 58.8%
1984 39 FL R U.S. House District 05 General 1 0 0.0%
1986 41 FL R U.S. House District 05 General 1 0 0.0%
1988 43 FL R U.S. House District 05 General 1 0 0.0%
1990 45 FL R U.S. House District 05 General 1 94,453 59.9%
1992 47 FL R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 33,482 79.5%
1992 47 FL R U.S. House District 08 General 1 141,977 68.5%
1994 49 FL R U.S. House District 08 General 1 131,376 99.7%
1996 51 FL R U.S. House District 08 General 1 136,476 67.5%
1998 53 FL R U.S. House District 08 General 1 104,298 65.8%
2000 55 FL R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 660,592 81.1%
2000 55 FL R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 2,705,348 46.2%
2004 59 FL R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 2 360,474 30.9%
2006 61 FL R Attorney General General 1 2,448,008 52.7%
2010 65 FL R Governor Primary 2 563,538 43.5%


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




Ideology Data for Bill 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
1981 36 House 85 12 83 14 R 67 28 96 0 92
1982 37 House 93 7 91 8 R 78 17 95 10 82
1983 38 House 94 3 89 6 R 78 17 95 0 100
1984 39 House 93 7 85 11 R 66 33 97 10 77
1985 40 House 91 9 82 13 R 80 19 96 5 89
1986 41 House 96 4 81 16 R 84 14 97 0 82
1987 42 House 95 2 82 12 R 69 26 93 4 87
1988 43 House 97 0 82 10 R 66 24 89 0 100
1989 44 House 90 5 76 19 R 72 26 95 0 96
1990 45 House 91 9 83 15 R 74 23 96 17 88
1991 46 House 86 3 81 13 R 76 21 94 11 90
1992 47 House 92 2 89 8 R 73 22 96 15 91
1993 48 House 95 5 90 8 D 40 58 98 0 96
1994 49 House 78 6 83 8 D 40 51 91 0 95
1995 50 House 94 5 93 5 D 19 78 97 5 84
1996 51 House 96 4 93 5 D 33 66 99 0 95
1997 52 House 93 5 91 5 D 27 72 97 5 88
1998 53 House 86 12 90 7 D 26 73 97 5 84
1999 54 House 88 10 D 28 69 94 10 70
2000 55 House 49 5 D 26 38 48 6 88
Lifetime conservative rating:   89%


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.