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U.S. Representative · Minnesota 4th District
Betty McCollum
DemocratDistrict D+18119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score19#404 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Betty McCollum’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2426 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-2304
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 1 signal
- StrongBacks 7 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 7 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 452, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 1262 and 2 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 2 signals
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.419 (party median -0.393; rank 126 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 100 (avg 96).
- MediumSafe Democratic district: MN-4 is D+18MN-4 has a partisan lean of D+18 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 25.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on AppropriationsMinority · 6th in seniority
- Subcommittee on DefenseRanking Member
- Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
McCollum← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.419 is 0.03 to the left of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress0House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 101–150 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 3699Energy Choice ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 25
| Entrenched |
| H.R. 3872To amend the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands to make that Act applicable to hardrock minerals. |