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margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0.4em; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.8em; ;" class="toclimit-3"> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Biography"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Biography</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Education"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Education</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Professional_experience"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Professional experience</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Political_career"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Political career</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Florida_Attorney_General_(2007-2011)"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Florida Attorney General (2007-2011)</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#U.S._House_of_Representatives_(1980-2001)"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">U.S. House of Representatives (1980-2001)</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Other_roles"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Other roles</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Elections"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Elections</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#2010"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">2010</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#2006"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">2006</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Campaign_finance_summary"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Campaign finance summary</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#Personal"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Personal</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="#Footnotes"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Footnotes</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <p><b>Ira William "Bill" McCollum, Jr.</b> (born July 12, 1944, in Brooksville, <a href="/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>) is a former <a href="/Florida_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Attorney General">Attorney General of Florida</a>, serving from 2007 to 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-NAAG_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NAAG-1">[1]</a></sup> </p><p>On May 18, 2009, McCollum announced he would run in the <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> primary for <a href="/Governor_of_Florida" title="Governor of Florida">Governor of Florida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pp_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pp-2">[2]</a></sup> McCollum <a href="/August_24,_2010_election_results" title="August 24, 2010 election results">lost the party nomination</a> to <a href="/Rick_Scott" title="Rick Scott">Rick Scott</a>, after receiving under 44% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Biography">Biography</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Education">Education</span></h3> <ul><li>Graduated from Hernando High School (1962)</li> <li>Bachelor's degree, University of <a href="/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a> (1966)</li> <li>Juris Doctor degree, University of <a href="/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a> (1968)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup></li></ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Professional_experience">Professional experience</span></h3> <p>After graduating from law school, McCollum joined the United States Navy's Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps, where he served on active duty from 1969 until 1972. McCollum retired from the United States Naval Reserve as a Commander in the United States JAG Corps in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-Dentons_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dentons-5">[5]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Political_career">Political career</span></h2> <h3><span id="Florida_Attorney_General_.282007-2011.29"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Florida_Attorney_General_(2007-2011)">Florida Attorney General (2007-2011)</span></h3> <p>McCollum ran for <a href="/Florida_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Attorney General">Attorney General of Florida</a> in 2006, campaigning on the message of "making Florida a safer place to live, work, and raise a family."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup> He defeated state Sen. Skip Campbell in the general election and served from 2007 until 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NAAG_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NAAG-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span id="U.S._House_of_Representatives_.281980-2001.29"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="U.S._House_of_Representatives_(1980-2001)">U.S. House of Representatives (1980-2001)</span></h3> <p>McCollum was first elected to the <a href="/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> in 1980. He represented <a href="/Florida%27s_5th_Congressional_District" title="Florida's 5th Congressional District">Florida's 5th Congressional District</a> from 1981 to 1993 and the <a href="/Florida%27s_8th_Congressional_District" title="Florida's 8th Congressional District">8th Congressional District</a> from 1993 to 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> While in the House, McCollum served on the Judiciary and Financial Services committees. He was also a member of the House Intelligence Committee and, in 1987, served on the House Select Committee to investigate the Iran-Contra Affair. In 1998, McCollum served as one the managers tasked with conducting the impeachment proceedings against President <a href="/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> (D).<sup id="cite_ref-Dentons_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dentons-5">[5]</a></sup> </p><p>In 2000, McCollum ran for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Sen. Connie Mack (R-Fla.) and lost to Rep. <a href="/Bill_Nelson" title="Bill Nelson">Bill Nelson</a> (D) in the general election.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> McCollum ran for a Florida U.S. Senate seat again in 2004, losing to former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel Martinez (R) in the Republican primary.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Other_roles">Other roles</span></h2> <ul><li>Chair, Seminole County <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> Executive Committee <small><b>(1976-1980)</b></small></li> <li>President/Chairman, Healthy <a href="/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a> Foundation <small><b></b></small></li> <li>Member/Board of Governors, State University System <small><b>(2005-2006)</b></small></li> <li>Member, <a href="/American_Bar_Association" title="American Bar Association">American Bar Association</a></li> <li>Member, American Legion</li> <li>Member, Board of Directors, American Security Council</li> <li>Member, <a href="/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a> Bar Association</li> <li>Member, <a href="/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a> Blue Key</li> <li>Member/Board of Directors, James Madison Institute</li> <li>Member, Orange County Bar Association</li> <li>Member, Reserve Officers Association</li> <li>Member, <a href="/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a> Domestic Security Advisory Panel</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Elections">Elections</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2010">2010</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Florida_gubernatorial_election,_2010" title="Florida gubernatorial election, 2010">Florida gubernatorial election, 2010</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <table class="wikitable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" style="width:50%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4" style="background-color:#444; color:white;">2010 Race for Governor - <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> Primary<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background-color:#666; color:white;">Party </td> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#666; color:white;">Candidate </td> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#666; color:white;">Vote Percentage </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="26px"><span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span> </td> <td><a href="/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party">Republican Party</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/Approved" title="Approved"><img alt="Approved" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/7/77/Yes.png" width="16" height="16" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a><span style="display:none;">a</span> <b><a href="/Rick_Scott" title="Rick Scott">Rick Scott</a></b> </td> <td align="center">46.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="26px"><span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span> </td> <td><a href="/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party">Republican Party</a> </td> <td align="center">Bill McCollum </td> <td align="center">43.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="26px"><span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span> </td> <td><a href="/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party">Republican Party</a> </td> <td align="center">Mike McAllister </td> <td align="center">10.1% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center" style="background-color:#444; color:white;">Total Votes </th> <th>1,294,438 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:210px;"><a href="/File:Mccollum_govlogo.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/7/7d/Mccollum_govlogo.png" decoding="async" width="208" height="85" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="208" data-file-height="85" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:Mccollum_govlogo.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Bill McCollum for Florida Governor Campaign logo</div></div></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2006">2006</span></h3> <ul><li><b>2006 Race for Attorney General - <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> Primary</b></li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li>Bill McCollum ran unopposed in this contest</li></ul></dd></dl> <table class="wikitable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" style="width:50%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4" style="background-color:#444; color:white;">2006 Race for Attorney General - General Election<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background-color:#666; color:white;">Party </td> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#666; color:white;">Candidate </td> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:#666; color:white;">Vote Percentage </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="26px"><span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span> </td> <td><a href="/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party">Republican Party</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/Approved" title="Approved"><img alt="Approved" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/7/77/Yes.png" width="16" height="16" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a><span style="display:none;">a</span> <b>Bill McCollum</b> </td> <td align="center">52.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="26px"><span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span> </td> <td><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party">Democratic Party</a> </td> <td align="center">Walter Campbell </td> <td align="center">47.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="26px"><span style="background-color:#fff;">    </span> </td> <td>Write-In </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="center">0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center" style="background-color:#444; color:white;">Total Votes </th> <th>4,645,967 </th></tr></tbody></table> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Campaign_finance_summary">Campaign finance summary</span></h2> <style>.cf_bp_logo {width: 35px !important;}</style><p>Ballotpedia currently provides campaign finance data for all federal- and state-level candidates from 2020 and later. We are continuously working to expand our data to include prior elections. That information will be published here as we acquire it. If you would like to help us provide this data, please consider <a target="_blank" href="https://donate.ballotpedia.org/give/425767/#!/donation/checkout">donating to Ballotpedia.</a></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Personal">Personal</span></h2> <p><i>Note: Please <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="mailto:editor@ballotpedia.org">contact us</a> if the personal information below requires an update.</i><br /> McCollum currently resides in Longwood, <a href="/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>, with his wife, Ingrid Seebohm. The couple had three sons together: Andrew, Douglas and Justin. McCollum is a practicing Episcopalian. </p> <div id="div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0"><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0"); });</script></div><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/Governor_of_Florida" title="Governor of Florida">Governor of Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/Florida_gubernatorial_election,_2010" title="Florida gubernatorial election, 2010">Florida gubernatorial election, 2010</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span></h2> <ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bill-McCollum/83121454911">Bill McCollum's Facebook profile</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://twitter.com/billMcCollum">Bill McCollum's Twitter account</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/26800">Project Vote Smart - Bill McCollum biography</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100210005733/http://www.billmccollum.com/">Billmccollum.com</a> 2010 Campaign website<br /></li></ul> <p><i>The Internet Archive's <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://archive.org/web/web.php"><b>Wayback</b> Machine</a> was used to recall this version of the website from February 10, 2010.</i> </p><p><br /> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Footnotes">Footnotes</span></h2> <p> <script type="text/javascript"> if(document.getElementsByClassName("reference").length==0) if(document.getElementById('Footnotes')!==null) document.getElementById('Footnotes').parentNode.style.display = 'none'; </script> </p> <div class="references-small"><div class="mobile-columns" style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-NAAG-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-NAAG_1-0">1.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-NAAG_1-1">1.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.naag.org/attorneys-general/past-attorneys-general/florida-former-attorneys-general/"><i>National Association of Attorneys General,</i> "Florida Former Attorneys General," accessed December 2, 2022</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pp-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-pp_2-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/2/http://www.postonpolitics.com/2009/05/republican-mccollum-announces-campaign-for-governor/"><i>Palm Beach Post</i>, "Republican McCollum announces campaign for governor" 18 May, 2009</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.bradenton.com/news/politics-government/article34492077.html"><i>Bradenton Herald</i>, "Bill McCollum concedes GOP governor's race but doesn't endorse Rick Scott," August 25, 2010</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000350"><i>Biographical Directory of the United States Congress,</i> "MCCOLLUM, Ira William (Bill), Jr." accessed December 2, 2022</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Dentons-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Dentons_5-0">5.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Dentons_5-1">5.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.dentons.com/en/bill-mccollum"><i>Dentons,</i> "Bill McCollum," accessed December 12, 2022</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.floridabar.org/DIVCOM/JN/JNNews01.nsf/Articles/2EE8F299CBAA15E18525723C0053F3F1"><i>The Florida Bar News</i>, "McCollum returns to public service," December 15, 2006</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2006-11-08/news/0611080154_1_campbell-s-campaign-mccollum-defeats-campbell-insurance-regulator"><i>Sun Sentinel</i>, "Mccollum Defeats Campbell," November 8, 2006</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/bill-mccollum/M000350"><i>Congress.gov,</i> "Representative Bill McCollum," accessed December 12, 2022</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://edition.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/07/senate.florida/"><i>CNN,</i> "Nelson defeats McCollum in Florida , Democrats pick up Senate seat," November 8, 2000</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2004-09-01-0409010362-story.html"><i>Orlando Sentinel,</i> "MARTINEZ VS. 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