- Republican

- 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.