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Betty McCollum

Betty McCollum

DDemocratMN-4 · Representative
61
/ 100
Average
Attendance99
Avg: 96
Independence1
Avg: 4
Bipartisan Tone16
Avg: 16
Ethics Record100
Avg: 99
Transparency86
Avg: 57

Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.

Methodology
OverviewStatementsBillsFinanceVotesElections
Betty McCollum

Betty McCollum

DemocratMN-4 · Representative
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Liberal (-0.419)
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Betty McCollum is a Democrat Representative from MN, District 4. She has served 25 years in Congress across 13 terms. Based on her voting record, she is rated as liberal, voting with her party 99.3% of the time.

25
Years in Office
13
Terms Served
119
Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

99.3%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
4 votes against party
0.9%
Missed Votesⓘ
557 total votes
4
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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How Betty Compares

vs. the average House member

Party Loyalty+3.4% vs avg
99.3%
Avg: 95.9%
Missed Votes-2.7% vs avg
0.9%
Avg: 3.6%
Bills Sponsored-9.0 vs avg
4
Avg: 13.0

Committee Assignments

Committees shape which bills get heard. See what this member has influence over.

House Committee on Appropriations

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2026-03-31

$669,541
Cash on Handⓘ
$1,044,715
Total Receiptsⓘ
$930,092
Disbursementsⓘ
$669,346
Individual Donors
$372,300
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2001–2027House · MN-4 · DemocratCurrent

District Demographics

MN-4 · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

706,101
Population
$88,368
Median Income
37.0
Median Age
47.5%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 65.1%Black 10.4%Hispanic 7.4%Asian 13.4%