Bill McCollum

Ira William McCollum Jr. (born July 12, 1944) is an American politician who served as the 36th attorney general of Florida from 2007 to 2011 and in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 2001, representing Florida's 5th congressional district, which was redistricted to the 8th congressional district in 1993. As a member of the House, McCollum rose to become Vice Chairman of the House Republican Conference, the fifth-highest ranking position in the House Republican leadership. He voted to impeach President Bill Clinton and subsequently took a leadership role in managing Clinton's trial in the Senate, which ended in acquittal. McCollum was the Republican nominee for the United States Senate in 2000, hoping to replace the retiring Republican Connie Mack III, losing to Democratic nominee Bill Nelson. McCollum ran for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate again in 2004 but lost to Mel Martínez. He was also an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2010 Florida gubernatorial election, losing to businessman Rick Scott.

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