Federal race · 2020

Florida U.S. House, District 4, 2020

General election: November 3, 2020

Money raised

  1. Donna Deegan (D)$1M raised · $0 on hand
  2. John Rutherford (R)$1M raised · $107K on hand
  3. Erick Javier Aguilar (R)$16K raised · $1K on hand

Raised Cash on hand · bars are blue for Democrats, red for Republicans, gray for others

Candidates

CandidateStatusRaisedSpentCash on handThrough
Donna Deegan (D)General-election nominee$1,026,298.18$1,026,298.18$0.002020-12-31
John Rutherford (R)Won the general election (61.1%)$1,025,977.41$1,284,766.32$106,937.242020-12-31
Erick Javier Aguilar (R)Lost primary$15,696.99$14,594.60$1,002.392020-12-31

Totals from the FEC candidate summary file, retrieved October 23, 2026. A dated snapshot, not live reporting; each candidate’s FEC page is the official source.

Total spent on this race

$2,382,878.00 = candidates’ own spending $2,203,717.81 + outside spending $179,160.19

CandidateOutside spending forAgainstElectioneering and member messages
John Rutherford$156,465.93$0.00$1,184.26
Donna Deegan$21,510.00$0.00$0.00

Candidates’ own spending is their committees’ disbursements less transfers to other committees, contributions to others, loan repayments and refunds (FEC committee summary). Outside spending is independent expenditures, electioneering communications and company or union member communications for or against these candidates (FEC totals by candidate from regular reports, retrieved October 24, 2026; the latest 24- and 48-hour notices are not included yet). Party coordinated spending is not split by race and is not included. All the money

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSafe RJuly 2, 2020
  • FiveThirtyEightSafe ROctober 15, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsSafe RJune 2, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RJuly 2, 2020
  • PoliticoSafe RApril 19, 2020
  • Daily KosSafe RJune 3, 2020
  • RCPSafe RJune 9, 2020
  • NiskanenSafe RJune 7, 2020

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
University of North FloridaOctober 1–4, 2020863 (LV)± 3.3%John Rutherford 57% · Donna Deegan 38%
St. Pete Polls/Florida PoliticsSeptember 2, 20201,037 (LV)–John Rutherford 62% · Donna Deegan 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.

Results

CandidatePartyVotesShare
John RutherfordRepublican Party308,49761.1%

As listed on Wikipedia; official results come from the state election office.

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