- Defeated Democratic State Senator Skip Campbell 53-47% in 2006 Attorney General election
- Earned his bachelor's degree in 1966 and law degree in 1968 from the University of Florida
- McCollum served on active duty in the U.S. Navy from 1969 to 1972. In 1992, he retired from the Naval Reserve as a Commander, having served 23 years as an officer in the Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps
- Represented the people of Central Florida in the United States Congress from 1981 - 2001
- Prior to his election as Florida Attorney General in November 2006, he served as a partner with the Baker & Hostetler LLP law firm
- Two unsuccessful runs for the United States Senate, lost to Democrat Bill Martinez in the 2000 general election and Republican Mel Martinez in the 2004 primary.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - When House Bill 104 passed during the first Special Session of this year's state Legislature, it did so with little fanfare. Yet it represents to date the single act of oversight the Legislature has enacted over the state Attorney General's office.