Betty Louise McCollum (born July 12, 1954) is an American politician and member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL). She is currently a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Minnesota's 4th congressional district, one of eight congressional districts in Minnesota, thus far serving in the 107th, 108th, 109th, and 110th congresses. At the district's center is St. Paul, Minnesota's capital city. She is the second w...
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Betty Louise McCollum (born July 12, 1954) is an American politician and member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL). She is currently a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Minnesota's 4th congressional district, one of eight congressional districts in Minnesota, thus far serving in the 107th, 108th, 109th, and 110th congresses. At the district's center is St. Paul, Minnesota's capital city. She is the second woman elected to Congress from Minnesota.
McCollum was born in South St. Paul, Minnesota. She is the older sister to Anthony and Monica. She is divorced and has two children. McCollum has worked as a high school social sciences teacher and as a sales manager. She first got involved in politics in 1986, when her daughter got hurt on a slide in a North St. Paul city park. The city council wouldn't do anything to fix the slide, so McCollum's neighbors encouraged her to run for a spot on the council herself. She won that November and served three...
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