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Candidates › FL-05 race › 2025–2026
R Republican nominee for U.S. House, FL-05
Representative since 2017
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6 priorities from johnrutherfordforcongress.com, in the order they are listed there. Every heading and the text under it is copied exactly, as one passage for each page it is from, and links to that place on the page; hover a source to see which passage it opens.
- Fighting inflation by blocking new taxes and slashing existing taxes
- Removing government red tape to reduce costs and allow small businesses to thrive
- Promoting commonsense legislation to help cut grocery, gas, and electric costs
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · johnrutherfordforcongress.com/priorities
- Voted to reform the VA and hold its employees accountable for the way they treat our heroes
- Increase troop pay and give them greater resources to protect us at home and abroad
- Supported increased funding for mental health initiatives and efforts to combat PTSD in our veteran community
- Led the effort to provide grant money for programs that help veterans transition from active duty service to civilian life (H.R. 1599, 2019)
- Worked to provide grants for veterans to make it easier for veterans to get service animals (H.R. 3103, 2019)
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · johnrutherfordforcongress.com/priorities
- Voted to support President Trump’s tax cuts for families and small businesses, putting more money in your pocket and creating more jobs in our communities
- Supported hundreds of millions of dollars of our tax money coming back to Northeast Florida to fund transportation and logistics projects that support tens of thousands of jobs
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · johnrutherfordforcongress.com/priorities
- Authored STOP School Violence Act and got it signed into law by President Trump to make our schools safer
- Voted to fund building President Trump’s border wall, secure our borders and enforce our immigration laws
- Supported protecting our coastal waters and banning oil drilling off the coast of Florida
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · johnrutherfordforcongress.com/priorities
- Worked to protect our beaches, ocean, and waterways from offshore drilling
- Fought for funding to rebuild our communities in the wake of deadly hurricanes
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · johnrutherfordforcongress.com/priorities
- Fought for lower treatment and premium costs across the board
- Protect pre-existing condition coverage
- Fought for dependents to stay on parents’ insurance until age 26
- Lower prescription drug costs for everyone
- Supported President Trump’s efforts to lower prescription drug prices for seniors
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · johnrutherfordforcongress.com/priorities
99% of their votes went with their party’s majority; they broke with it 9 times in the 119th Congress.
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The CRS policy areas of Rutherford’s 29 substantive sponsored measures, Congresses 117, 118, 119; the figure is how many fall in each. Sponsorship indicates legislative focus, not every policy position. GovInfo source ↗
FEC filings, Jan 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00615294
93¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 9 reports ($851.3K of $913.7K). Cash on hand went from $269.1K on Mar 31, 2025 to $240.1K on Oct 14, 2026.
| Report | Raised in the period | Spent in the period | Cash on hand at its close |
|---|---|---|---|
| APRIL QUARTERLY 2025 through Mar 31, 2025 | $132,759 | $41,288 | $269,141 |
| JULY QUARTERLY 2025 through Jun 30, 2025 | $98,751 | $69,014 | $298,878 |
| OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2025 through Sep 30, 2025 | $83,328 | $45,036 | $337,170 |
| YEAR-END 2025 through Dec 31, 2025 | $35,033 | $60,419 | $311,784 |
| APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026 | $178,362 | $83,349 | $406,796 |
| JULY QUARTERLY 2026 through Jun 30, 2026 | $167,974 | $99,410 | $475,360 |
| PRE-PRIMARY 2026 through Jul 29, 2026 | $30,520 | $237,150 | $268,730 |
| OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2026 through Sep 30, 2026 | $168,671 | $205,630 | $231,771 |
| PRE-GENERAL 2026 through Oct 14, 2026 | $18,252 | $9,960 | $240,063 |
Each report’s own period, as filed with the FEC; a report filed again counts once, as its latest copy.
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1 endorser listed on John H. Rutherford’s own campaign site.
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Advanced · 54,039 votes (68%) · 1 of 2 · Full results ↗
Won · 188,062 votes (56%) · 1 of 2 · Full results ↗
Every contest for this seat that named this candidate, most recent last; a result is shown once the race is called. Election dates and results from civicAPI (civicapi.org). civicAPI aggregates results from Secretaries of State and equivalent election bodies, and makes its own race calls. civicapi.org ↗
Official FEC filing record for the current cycle. The priorities they publish are quoted from their own site, in their order.
Statements are quoted from these pages exactly. Headings, order and wording are the campaign’s; the record marking is ours.
The 12 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 268 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $576.3K. Counted from the givers' own filings, which can run above the total the campaign itself reports.
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 259 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $317.2K.
Money moved in from the candidate’s other authorized committees, such as a joint fundraising committee. It was raised once and is reported again here on arrival. The largest of the sources is listed. In all, 3 transfers were filed this cycle, totaling $11.9K.
Total reported receipts $913,650
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
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50% of the money placed by state came from inside Florida: $158.2K of $317.2K.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 118 contributions · 50% | $158,220 |
| 52 contributions · 18% | $57,000 |
| 50 contributions · 13% | $41,218 |
| 9 contributions · 7% | $22,250 |
| 14 contributions · 4.3% | $13,500 |
| 2 contributions · 2.2% | $7,000 |
| 3 contributions · 1.6% | $5,000 |
| 2 contributions · 1.3% | $4,000 |
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 14 states and territories. Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized, so they cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
| Employer as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| Written instead of an employer · 19 contributions · 6.9% of ranked | $20,600 |
| 3 contributions · 3.5% of ranked | $10,500 |
| 15 contributions · 3.2% of ranked | $9,500 |
| 8 contributions · 3.2% of ranked | $9,500 |
| 2 contributions · 2.3% of ranked | $7,000 |
| 2 contributions · 2.3% of ranked | $7,000 |
| 2 contributions · 2.3% of ranked | $7,000 |
| 7 contributions · 2.3% of ranked | $7,000 |
A further $16,468 came from donors whose answer names no employer (blank), so it is not ranked. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($1,184) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
What the committees giving to Rutherford’s campaign or spending on ads about Rutherford are: a company or industry, a union, a cause, a party or politician. Money from individual donors is not included.
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Total itemized disbursements $848,861
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
All 364 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
18 payments were reported as a lump sum, such as a card or payroll bill, with the detail filed underneath as memo entries. Those entries, $22,389 in all, are counted under the payee and purpose they name rather than under the processor that was paid. The total is the same either way.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 22 payments · 27% of all spending | $228,470 |
| 15 payments · 22% of all spending | $191,386 |
| 1 payment · 18% of all spending | $151,025 |
| 3 payments · 6% of all spending | $51,300 |
| 5 payments · 3.4% of all spending | $28,665 |
| 24 payments · 3% of all spending | $25,437 |
| 1 payment · 2.9% of all spending | $25,000 |
| 3 payments · 2.6% of all spending | $21,934 |
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.
| Occupation as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| 40 contributions · 16% of ranked | $49,000 |
| 19 contributions · 14% of ranked | $41,500 |
| 14 contributions · 8.6% of ranked | $25,900 |
| Written instead of an occupation · 19 contributions · 6.9% of ranked | $20,600 |
| 10 contributions · 3.3% of ranked | $10,000 |
| 5 contributions · 3% of ranked | $9,000 |
| 6 contributions · 2.7% of ranked | $8,000 |
| 8 contributions · 2.7% of ranked | $8,000 |
A further $16,468 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (blank), so it is not ranked. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($1,184) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.