Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past 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
General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 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 5IncumbentWon the general election (63.1%)

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$897,299.59
Total spent$965,252.11
Cash on hand$177,669.65
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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: $241,077.12PACs and other committees: $588,800.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $66,132.45Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $1,290.02
  • Individual contributions$241,077.1227%
  • PACs and other committees$588,800.0066%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$66,132.457%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,290.020%

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

166 committees reported giving $593,500.00 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$80,350.21
  • Independent expenditures opposing John Rutherford$0.00
  • Company and union communications to members about John Rutherford$5,637.97

FEC totals for the 2024 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, 2024 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
John Rutherford (R)$897,299.59$177,669.652024-12-31
Mara Heather Macie (R)$71,789.84$6,630.322024-12-31
Jay McGovern (D)$44,584.40$26,132.152024-11-25

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RMarch 21, 2024
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RJuly 28, 2023
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RSeptember 7, 2023
  • Elections DailySafe RSeptember 7, 2023
  • CNalysisSolid RNovember 16, 2023

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 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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