Betty McCollumIncumbent

Candidate for U.S. Representative, Minnesota District 4

Betty McCollum grew up in South St. Paul and graduated from St. Catherine University with a degree in education. She taught social studies and worked in retail before serving six years on the North St. Paul City Council. Her four terms in the Minnesota House of Representatives began in 1992, and she passed legislation on school bus safety and Gulf War veteran bonuses. McCollum was elected to the U.S. House in 2000 and serves on the House Appropriations Committee, where she is the ranking member of the Defense Subcommittee. She has introduced legislation to permanently protect Minnesota's Boundary Waters from copper mining, and she is the Dean of the Minnesota congressional delegation.

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