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Betty McCollum has represented St. Paul and its suburbs in the House since 2001. She is the dean of Minnesota's congressional delegation.
McCollum first ran for office in 2000, following the retirement of Rep. Bruce Vento. Over her career representing Minnesota’s Fourth Congressional District, McCollum has been a champion for the environment, universal health care, quality education and economic opportunity.
Prior to Congress, McCollum served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1993 to 2000, and was elected Assistant Leader three times by her Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party colleagues. From 1987 to 1992, she served her neighbors on the North St. Paul City Council.
McCollum has long been known as a champion of Palestinian rights. In 2021, she was the primary sponsor of HR 2590, legislation which would prohibit US foreign assistance from being used to hold children in military detention.
