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DemocratBetty McCollum
U.S. Representative · Minnesota
Minnesota's 4th district
U.S. Representative from Minnesota
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How they won their seat
Betty McCollum won the 2024 U.S. House election in Minnesota (District 4) with 67.3% of the vote (242,802 votes).
- Betty McCollum · Democrat67.3%242,802
- May Lor Xiong · Republican32.6%117,618
- 1 Other Candidate0.2%623
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
Betty McCollum's record shows a concentration on environmental protection, human rights, and support for Indigenous programs. Notable sponsored bills include the 'Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act' and the 'Indian Programs Advance Appropriations Act', suggesting a pattern of legislation related to environmental and Indigenous issues. Additionally, her involvement in the House Committee on Appropriations suggests an emphasis on funding and resource allocation. Focus areas (from the record): Environmental Protection · Human Rights · Indigenous Affairs · Nonprofit Support · Veterans' Issues Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. The available evidence does not provide a comprehensive comparison of her sponsored bills and voting record against declared positions or tracked promises. What this can't tell you: There is no information on her specific motivations or strategic goals; The absence of declared positions limits understanding of her priorities. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Betty McCollum has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2022. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Betty McCollum has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score. The tracked-positions tile counts sourced stated positions — claims about what they believe, not conduct — and is likewise never scored.
Roll-call data last updated September 7, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$118K14%
- Large individual (itemized)$316K37%
- PAC / committee$410K49%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, House Committee on AppropriationsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ranking Member, House Committee on Appropriations — DefenseOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
- Member, House Committee on Appropriations — Interior, Environment, and Related AgenciesOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Verified record
159 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $1,044,715, spent $930,092, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HR 8016: Forever Chemical Regulation and Accountability Act of 2026 ↗Mar 19, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7545: Defending the Human Rights of Palestinian Children and Families Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act ↗Feb 12, 2026
- Sponsored HR 5521: Peace Corps Volunteers Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2025 ↗Sep 19, 2025
- Sponsored HR 5328: Indian Programs Advance Appropriations Act of 2025 ↗Sep 11, 2025
- Sponsored HRES 658: Recognizing the nonprofit sector and the contributions of nonprofit employees, and expressing support for August 17, 2025, to be designated as "National Nonprofit Day". ↗Aug 15, 2025
- Sponsored HRES 613: Expressing support for July to be designated as "Disability Pride Month". ↗Jul 25, 2025
- Sponsored HR 2977: MRRRI Act ↗Apr 21, 2025
- Sponsored HR 2976: Cold-blooded Animal Research and Exhibition Act ↗Apr 21, 2025
- Sponsored HR 588: Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act ↗Jan 21, 2025
- Sponsored HR 9571: CARE Act ↗Sep 12, 2024
- Sponsored HRES 1397: Expressing support for July to be designated as "Disability Pride Month". ↗Jul 30, 2024
- Sponsored HR 8074: Forever Chemical Regulation and Accountability Act of 2024 ↗Apr 18, 2024
Showing the 12 most recent of 159 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 655
- Yea
- 272
- Nay
- 370
- Present
- 5
- Not voting
- 8
Full voting record
655 votes- HR4795Nay
- HR1501Nay
- HJRES1Nay
- HRES1498Yea
- HR9436Nay
- HR9436Yea
- HRES1490Nay
- HRES1499Nay
- HRES1499Nay
- HR6500Yea
- S32Yea
- S307Yea
- HR8884Nay
- HCONRES89Yea
- HCONRES113Nay
- HR7008Nay
- HR7008Yea
- HR8800Nay
- HR8800Yea
- HR8800Nay
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Positions on record
1 position on recordThe record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.
- Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting NO on Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment to prohibit warrantless searches of United States persons' communications in the FISA Section 702 database, with exceptions for imminent threats to life or bodily harm, consent searches, and known cybersecurity threat signatures. The amendment failed on a 212 to 212 tie.
SourcesHouse Roll Call Vote 114, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On Agreeing to the Amendment, Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Failed by recorded vote, 212 ayes to 212 noes, April 12, 2024.View position & sources →
Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
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