Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

John H. Rutherford

Official portrait of John H. Rutherford
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Florida’s 5th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Jacksonville, FL
Born
1952
In Congress
House since 2017 · 9 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
RUTHERFORD, JOHN
Next election
Primary August 18, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Florida with the current district highlighted

Florida, District 5

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · Florida District 5IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H6FL04105 · Principal campaign committee: CITIZENS FOR JOHN RUTHERFORD

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Florida District 5$913,650.12General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Florida District 5$897,299.59Won the general election (63.1%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Florida District 5$785,952.63General-election nominee
2019–2020U.S. House · Florida District 4$1,025,977.41Won the general election (61.1%)
Total raised$913,650.12
Total spent$851,256.31
Cash on hand$240,063.46
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $330,991.78PACs and other committees: $569,500.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $11,900.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $1,258.34
  • Individual contributions$330,991.7836%
  • PACs and other committees$569,500.0062%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$11,900.001%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,258.340%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$1,492.271%
  • Contributions over $200$264,758.0099%
  • Itemized from inside Florida$116,310.0044%
  • Itemized from other states$148,755.8356%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Virginia $53,500.00 · District of Columbia $24,147.83 · Maryland $13,500.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$475K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $132,759.44APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $41,288.18JULY QUARTERLY: raised $98,751.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $69,013.93OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $83,327.99OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $45,036.06YEAR-END: raised $35,032.59YEAR-END: spent $60,418.87APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $178,362.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $83,349.21JULY QUARTERLY: raised $167,973.59JULY QUARTERLY: spent $99,409.88PRE-PRIMARY: raised $30,520.00PRE-PRIMARY: spent $237,149.89OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $168,671.25OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $205,630.12PRE-GENERAL: raised $18,252.26PRE-GENERAL: spent $9,960.172025-032025-092026-032026-072026-10

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea476
Voted nay135
Did not vote63 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored9
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored335

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 9503 Officer Leslie Coffelt U.S. Secret Service Police Act of 2026
    Introduced Jun 29, 2026 · Latest action Sep 16, 2026: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  • H.R. 8842 FAST Act
    Introduced May 15, 2026 · Latest action May 18, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
  • H.R. 6068 PROTECT Florida Act
    Introduced Nov 17, 2025 · Latest action Nov 17, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  • H.R. 5699 Fisheries Data Modernization and Accuracy Act of 2025
    Introduced Oct 6, 2025 · Latest action Nov 19, 2025: Subcommittee Hearings Held
  • H.R. 2577 PLAN for School Safety Act of 2025
    Introduced Apr 1, 2025 · Latest action Apr 1, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.R. 2094 HELPER Act of 2025
    Introduced Mar 14, 2025 · Latest action Mar 14, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • H.R. 1773 Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2025
    Introduced Mar 3, 2025 · Latest action Mar 3, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 1551 Protect and Serve Act of 2025
    Introduced Feb 25, 2025 · Latest action Feb 25, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 470 Red Snapper Act of 2025
    Introduced Jan 16, 2025 · Latest action Jan 16, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

  • House Committee on Appropriations
    • Homeland Security
    • Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
    • Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

137 committees reported giving $525,494.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting John Rutherford$250.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing John Rutherford$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Florida U.S. House, District 5, 2026 · 10 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
John Rutherford (R)$913,650.12$240,063.462026-10-14
Rachel Grage (D)$448,142.58$65,881.072026-10-14
Mark Peter Heggestad (D)$53,658.78$588.812026-09-30
Mark Kaye (R)$35,337.36$155.732026-09-30
Alexander Hazen (D)$21,566.42$1,616.212026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQLikely RSeptember 25, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RMay 5, 2026
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RApril 10, 2025

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: CITIZENS FOR JOHN RUTHERFORD.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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