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U.S. Representative for Florida’s 16th District

Vern Buchanan

Republican 10th term Leaving Jan 3, 2027

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 7, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$933K raised · top PACs: American Society for Radiation Oncology, National Venture Capital Association Venture, Abbott Laboratories Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 11 of 50 party-line votes (22%; most Republicans: 7%)
96LoyaltyMed 98
90AttendMed 98
15BipartMed 12
17BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2007–now
19 years in CongressMore senior than 86% of the House
Committees
  • Ways and Means 2nd majority
  • Taxation 2nd majority
Age
75

2026 election

Leaving Jan 3, 2027
Not on the Nov 3 ballot · Sydney Gruters won the seat

On the Nov 3 ballot

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 7, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date24846423567417
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—3802511,23564

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 →
Health 24% · 54 statements 22% · 10 bills
Armed Forces and National Security 10% · 23 statements 15% · 7 bills
Taxation 15% · 33 statements 30% · 14 bills

StatementsBills

Words go to Health, Government Operations and Politics and Taxation; bills go to Taxation and Health.

  • He talks most about: Health Care Coverage (Health), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Cost of Living (Taxation), Tariffs (Taxation), Animal Welfare (Agriculture and Food).
  • 46 bills sponsored, most on Taxation.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairHealth SubcommitteeWays and Means
MemberJoint Committee on Taxation2nd majority
MemberWays and Means Committee2nd majority

Chair of the Health Subcommittee, more senior than 86% of the House, in the majority.

  • 19 years in Congress: more senior than 86% 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

20% · peer median 13%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

20% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 13%); closest in his party: Johnson and Moolenaar.

  • 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 46 · expected 17.5
Action in committee 13 · expected 6
Beyond committee 6 · expected 4.5
Passed House 4 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 77 of 433 in the House

1.66above the 1.16 peer median

4 of 46 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 1.66 against a peer median of 1.16.

  • On the move: H.R. 6130 (out of committee), H.R. 9501 (out of committee), H.R. 139 (passed a chamber).
  • 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 +0.36

With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 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 96% of party-line votes, breaks 17 times (peer median 11).

  • Position: +0.36, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 11 of 50, Armed Forces & National Security 2 of 38, Environmental Protection 1 of 25.

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

Buchanan31%63%
House median$2.1M raised8%43%41%8%

House median: typical mix of sources, scaled to 100%.

SourceBuchananHouse median
Small-dollar individuals—$126K
Large individuals—$761K
PACs and other committees$589K$696K
Transfers and other$48K$138K
Raised$933K$2.1M

Chamber medians are taken source by source, so they don’t add up to the median total.

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

32% of what he raised came from individuals; under 1% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$933K raised, 63% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

SourceBuchananHouse median
Small-dollar individuals—$126K
Large individuals—$761K
PACs and other committees$589K$696K
Transfers and other$48K$138K
Raised$933K$2.1M

Chamber medians are taken source by source, so they don’t add up to the median total.

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 19 points.

81 PACs of the 152 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: Taxation, Health and Budget/Appropriations.

  1. American Society for Radiation Oncology35% D
  2. National Venture Capital Association Venture47% D
  3. Abbott Laboratories46% D

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

Free account See Pro

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

What those organizations lobby on

137 bills

Buchanan voted Yea on 55, Nay on 4, did not vote on 4, and sponsored or cosponsored 74 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.