Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle
John H. Rutherford
- 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 23, 2022 · General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Florida, District 5
Official websiteFacebookX (Twitter)InstagramYouTubeFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H6FL04105 · Principal campaign committee: CITIZENS FOR JOHN RUTHERFORD
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Florida District 5 | $913,650.12 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Florida District 5 | $897,299.59 | Won the general election (63.1%) |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Florida District 5 | $785,952.63 | General-election nominee |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · Florida District 4 | $1,025,977.41 | Won the general election (61.1%) |
Total raised$785,952.63
Total spent$647,267.70
Cash on hand$245,622.17
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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$246,283.1131%
- PACs and other committees$399,945.0051%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$136,224.5217%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$3,500.000%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
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
120 committees reported giving $394,900.00 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.
- AMERICAN MARITIME OFFICERS VOLUNTARY POLITICAL ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- CUBIC CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$10,000.00
- BAE SYSTEMS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BAE SYSTEMS USA PAC) Company pagePAC$10,000.00
- SALTCHUK RESOURCES, INC. PACConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$10,000.00
- GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GENERAL DYNAMICS EMPLOYEE PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$9,000.00
- KAMAN CORP. GOOD GOVT. FUNDConnected PAC$8,500.00
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$8,000.00
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$7,500.00
- ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$7,500.00
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- THE BOEING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATION PAC Company pagePAC$7,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND)Connected PAC$6,500.00
- AT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$6,000.00
- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$6,000.00
- CROWLEY MARITIME CORPORATION FEDERAL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$6,000.00
- REPUBLICAN MAINSTREET PARTNERSHIP PACConnected PAC$6,000.00
- EMPLOYEES OF RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,500.00
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
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- UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN SPORTFISHING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC. ASSOCIATES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$5,000.00
- HUCK PACPAC$5,000.00
- RAYONIER, INC. GOOD GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- EMBRAER AIRCRAFT HOLDING, INC. - EVE HOLDING, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (?EMBRAER-EVE PAC?) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- BLACK KNIGHT LENDING SOLUTIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('BLACK KNIGHT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE')PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UNION PACIFIC CORP. FUND FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- NATIONAL PROPANE GAS ASSOCIATION PACPAC$4,000.00
- BLUE ORIGIN LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BLUE ORIGIN PAC) Company pagePAC$4,000.00
- CSX CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- FAIRBANKS MORSE, LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$3,000.00
- THE NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION ACTION COMMITTEE FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION (ACRE) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MORPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC)PAC$2,500.00
- NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ALTRIA GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ALTRIAPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- MCKESSON CORPORATION EMPLOYEES POLITICAL FUNDConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- UNITED STATES SUGAR CORPORATION EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE,Connected PAC$2,500.00
- JM FAMILY ENTERPRISES, INC PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- LEONARDO DRS PAC Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- USA RICE FEDERATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- SWISHER INTERNATIONAL INC PAC FUND Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- THE GEO GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- MICHIGAN SUGAR COMPANY GROWERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AIRBUS GROUP, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN ROLL-ON ROLL-OFF CARRIER GROUP, INC. FREEDOM PAC / ARC FREEDOM PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- STAR PACPAC$2,500.00
- POINT ACTION PAC, INC.Connected PAC$2,500.00
- OWENS & MINOR, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (OWENS & MINOR PAC) Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- I-PAC JAX, INC.PAC$2,150.00
- NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL STONE, SAND & GRAVEL ASSOCIATION ROCKPAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- INVESTMENT COMPANY INSTITUTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ICI PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL PAC (SCI-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- SOUTHEASTERN LUMBER MANUFACTURERS ASSOC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,000.00
- HOLLAND & KNIGHT COMMITTEE FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENTPAC$2,000.00
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VERIZON PAC)PAC$2,000.00
- GENERAL ATOMICS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BENEFITS AND INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS PAC (NABIP PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (HIIPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF FOREST OWNERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NAFO PAC)Connected PAC$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF MIKE HCandidate committee$2,000.00
- LAHOOD FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- MISSISSIPPI FARM BUREAU FEDERATION FURTHERING AGRICULTURE FOR RURAL MISSISSIPPIANS FUND PAPAC$2,000.00
- BYRON DONALDS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- CHEVRON EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - CHEVRON CORPORATION Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- AMERICAN AIRLINES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION - SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NA-AGLIW Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- FLORIDA SUGAR CANE LEAGUE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN BAKERS ASSOCIATION AMERICAN BAKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH & MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA BETTER GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL FISHERIES INSTITUTE (FISHPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- FLORIDA CITRUS MUTUAL POLITCAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PARKER -HANNIFIN CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BACARDI U S A INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN SUGARBEET GROWERS ASSOCIATION PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- GRAYROBINSON P.A. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- I.P.H.F.H.A. INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE INC.Connected PAC$1,000.00
- NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, LLP FEDERAL POLITICAL COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RAILPAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- FLORIDA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION FEDPAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CRH AMERICAS, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- VEN-PACPAC$1,000.00
- FLORIDA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION INC PAC FMEA PACPAC$1,000.00
- FAEGRE DRINKER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FAEGRE DRINKER PAC)PAC$1,000.00
- HARDWOOD FEDERATION-PAC INC Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- SERCO INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SERCO PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- WESTERN SUGAR COOPERATIVE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- GRIDIRON-PACPAC$1,000.00
- CROP INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION PAC-CIPA PACPAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MANGERS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NARPM PAC)PAC$1,000.00
- CONSERVATIVE PROMISES PACPAC$1,000.00
- THE WESTERVELT COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN WOOD COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (WOOD-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- DOCUMENT STORAGE SYSTEMS, INC. (DSS PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- THE GOOD FUNDConnected PAC$500.00
- NATIONAL PRO-LIFE ALLIANCE PACConnected PAC$500.00
- LEAGUE FOR SPORTSMEN, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND DEFENSE (AKA THE LEAGUE)Hybrid PAC$250.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting John Rutherford$671,845.88
- Independent expenditures opposing John Rutherford$0.00
- Company and union communications to members about John Rutherford$263.58
FEC totals for the 2022 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.
- POLICE AND TROOPER SUPPORT PACSupporting$362,738.00
- SUPPORT AMERICA'S POLICE PACSupporting$305,935.00
- AMERICANS FOR POLICE AND TROOPER SAFETYSupporting$2,800.00
The race
Florida U.S. House, District 5, 2022 · 3 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Rutherford (R) | $785,952.63 | $245,622.17 | 2022-12-31 |
| Leigha Luna Garner-Lopez (R) | $53,806.39 | $0.00 | 2022-11-21 |
| Mara Heather Macie (R) | $24,304.55 | $2,875.44 | 2022-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
No public polling found for this race.
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida (retrieved October 23, 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 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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