Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Vern Buchanan

Official portrait of Vern Buchanan
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Florida’s 16th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Sarasota, FL
Born
1951
In Congress
House since 2007 · 19 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
BUCHANAN, VERNON
Next election
General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Florida with the current district highlighted

Florida, District 16

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

RepublicanU.S. House · Florida District 16IncumbentWon the general election (55.5%)

FEC candidate ID H6FL13148 · Principal campaign committee: VERN BUCHANAN FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Florida District 16$932,898.32Not running (declined to run)
2023–2024U.S. House · Florida District 16$1,824,538.71Won the general election (59.5%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Florida District 16$4,693,372.70Won the general election (62.1%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Florida District 16$3,643,336.22Won the general election (55.5%)
Total raised$3,643,336.22
Total spent$3,649,491.41
Cash on hand$73,085.08
Debts owed by the campaign$625,000.00
Loans from the candidate$625,000.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, 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: $1,459,050.46PACs and other committees: $1,398,245.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $625,000.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $135,371.21Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $25,669.55
  • Individual contributions$1,459,050.4640%
  • PACs and other committees$1,398,245.0038%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$625,000.0017%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$135,371.214%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$25,669.551%

Self-funding: $625,000.00 (17% of money raised): $0.00 given and $625,000.00 lent by the candidate. $500,000.00 of loans repaid so far.

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

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

PAC and committee contributors

333 committees reported giving $1,373,805.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. 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 Vernon Buchanan$8,041.50
  • Independent expenditures opposing Vernon Buchanan$44,820.75

FEC totals for the 2020 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 16, 2020 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Vernon Buchanan (R)$3,643,336.22$73,085.082020-12-31
Margaret Elizabeth Rowell Good (D)$3,457,414.59$4,079.742020-12-31
Jan Schneider (D)$2,300.00$57,088.832020-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportLikely RJuly 2, 2020
  • FiveThirtyEightLikely ROctober 15, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsLikely RAugust 7, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLikely RJuly 2, 2020
  • PoliticoLikely RApril 19, 2020
  • Daily KosLikely RJune 3, 2020
  • RCPLean ROctober 15, 2020
  • NiskanenLikely RJune 7, 2020

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Data Targeting (R)October 19–21, 2020400 (LV)± 4.9%Vern Buchanan 53% · Margaret Good 38%
Data Targeting (R)October 6–8, 2020403 (LV)± 4.9%Vern Buchanan 52% · Margaret Good 37%
Change Research (D)October 5–8, 2020527 (LV)± 4.3%Vern Buchanan 48% · Margaret Good 45%
Data Targeting (R)September 29 – October 1, 2020400 (LV)–Vern Buchanan 53% · Margaret Good 37%
Global Strategy Group (D)September 24–27, 2020500 (LV)± 4.4%Vern Buchanan 49% · Margaret Good 43%
Data Targeting (R)August 27–29, 2020400 (LV)± 4.9%Vern Buchanan 51% · Margaret Good 35%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 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: VERN BUCHANAN FOR CONGRESS.
  • 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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