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U.S. Representative for Florida’s 5th District

John H. Rutherford

Republican 5th term Up 2026

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$914K raised · top PACs: CSX, General Atomics, General Dynamics Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 3 of 50 party-line votes (6%; most Republicans: 7%)
98LoyaltyMed 98
91AttendMed 98
14BipartMed 12
8BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2017–now
9 years in CongressMore senior than 59% of the House
Committees
  • Appropriations 16th majority
Age
74

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date36903366748
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—1004221,23554

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 31% no bills
Public Lands and Natural Resources no statements 22%
Crime and Law Enforcement 3% 33%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Armed Forces and National Security and Energy; bills go to Crime and Law Enforcement and Public Lands and Natural Resources.

  • He talks most about: Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Oil and Gas Regulation (Energy), Fisheries Regulation (Commerce).
  • 9 bills sponsored, most on Crime and Law Enforcement.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberAppropriations Committee16th majority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 59% of the House, in the majority.

  • 9 years in Congress: more senior than 59% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

22% · peer median 9%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Rutherford.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

22% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 9%); closest in his party: Johnson and Yakym.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 9 · expected 27
Action in committee 3 · expected 7
Beyond committee 1 · expected 4
Passed House 0 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 365 of 433 in the House

0.21expected 1.22 · average member 1.00

0 of 9 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.21 against a peer median of 1.22.

  • On the move: H.R. 9503 (out of committee).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.43
Environmental Protection1 of 22

With his party on the other 11 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 9 of the 9 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 98% of party-line votes, breaks 8 times (peer median 7), most on Environmental Protection.

  • Position: +0.43, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 3 of 50, Armed Forces & National Security 2 of 38, Environmental Protection 1 of 22.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Rutherford$914K raised36%62%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

36% of what he raised came from individuals; under 1% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$914K raised, 62% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 26.2 points.

55 PACs of the 105 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Budget/Appropriations, Taxation and Defense.

  1. CSX29% D
  2. General Atomics33% D
  3. General Dynamics42% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

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Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

145 bills

Rutherford voted Yea on 50, Nay on 3, did not vote on 9, and sponsored or cosponsored 83 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.