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Betty McCollum, a Democratic-Farmer-Labor member who has represented Minnesota's 4th congressional district since 2001 and is dean of the state's delegation, is running for re-election in 2026 against Republican Paul Wikstrom.
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Betty McCollum was born on July 12, 1954, in Minneapolis. She earned an Associate of Arts from Inver Hills Community College in 1980, and in 1987 she graduated from the College of St. Catherine with a bachelor's degree in social studies and education and a minor in political science. Before entering politics she worked as a high school social studies teacher and as a retail store manager for Dayton's and Sears.
Betty McCollum first ran for the North St. Paul city council in 1984 and won a seat in 1986. In 1992 she was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives after defeating an incumbent state representative in the DFL primary, and she served four terms there.
When Representative Bruce Vento decided in 2000 to forgo a 13th term because of illness, McCollum won the DFL nomination to succeed him and defeated Republican State Senator Linda Runbeck by 17 points, with Independence Party candidate Tom Foley finishing third.
She has since been re-elected nine times.
McCollum is the second woman elected to Congress from Minnesota and has been dean of the state's congressional delegation since 2021.
In the 119th Congress she serves on the Committee on Appropriations as ranking member of the Subcommittee on Defense and as a member of the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies.
She is a senior whip and co-founded the Congressional Global Health Caucus and the Quality Care Coalition. In 2017 she received the Joan and Walter Mondale Award for Public Service.
Betty McCollum is seeking re-election in Minnesota's 4th congressional district, which covers the Saint Paul half of the Twin Cities area, including Ramsey County and parts of Washington County.
She won the DFL primary with 85.8% of the vote over Aswar Rahman, a humanitarian and 2017 candidate for mayor of Minneapolis. Her Republican opponent is Paul Wikstrom, an engineer and the party's 2024 nominee for Minnesota House District 40B, who won his primary with 72.6% of the vote.
The general election takes place on November 3, 2026.
