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John Rutherford

John Rutherford is a Republican incumbent in Florida's 5th district. $895K raised, $841K spent, $232K cash through Sep 30, 2026. On the November ballot

$895Kraised
$841Kspent
$232Kcash on hand
Campaign finance$895K raised

Flags are rules applied to FEC totals, not judgements. Reported

Raised$895K
Spent$841K
Cash on hand$232K
Campaign finance
MeasureAmount
Raised (total receipts)$895,398
Spent (disbursements)$841,296
Cash on hand$231,771
Debts owed by campaign$0
Filing covers throughSep 30, 2026

Reported Self-reported to the FEC.

Record in Congressage 74 · 5 terms · votes right of 64% of the House
74age on Election Day
5House terms (since 2017)
Republicanparty in Congress

Voting record

-10+1more liberalmore conservativeRutherford
Voting record
MeasureValue
DW-NOMINATE score (first dimension)+0.43
Votes more conservative than64% of House members
Democratic median / Republican median-0.40 / +0.53
Roll-call votes counted516

Estimate DW-NOMINATE (Voteview, UCLA) scales members from their roll-call votes in the 119th Congress: negative is more liberal, positive more conservative. It describes voting patterns, not views on any one issue. See the member on Voteview.

Official House website · Official biography (Congress)

Reported Facts from the public congress-legislators dataset, current to 2026-10-15.

Financial disclosureassets $652K to $1.6M

Annual report for 2025, filed 2026-05-14.

$652K to $1.6Mreported assets (ranges added up)
$100K to $250Kreported liabilities
none reportedearned income (exact amounts)

Assets minus liabilities: between $402K and $1.5M Estimate

Assets

Largest assets
AssetType codeOwnerValue range
John and Pat Rutherford Properties, LLCRPJT$250K to $500K
L : Duval, FL, US New York Life UniversalWUself$250K to $500K
ownership stock None D : Purchased ownership stock in Sunshine Group Partners Vystar Credit UnionBAJT$50K to $100K
City & Police Federal Credit UnionBAJT$15K to $50K
National Financial Services/Fidelity - Traditional IRA ⇒ Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. Ordinary Shares (NCLH)STself$15K to $50K
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ SPDR Select Sector Fund - Financial (XLF)EFself$15K to $50K
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ SPDR Select Sector Fund - Technology (XLK)EFself$15K to $50K
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ Vanguard FTSE All World Ex US ETF (VEU)EFself$15K to $50K
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF (VPL)EFself$15K to $50K
, Dividends None Sunshine Group PartnersOTself$1,001 to $15K
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ Fidelity Government Money Market Fund (SPAXX)MFself$1,001 to $15K
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB)EFself$1,001 to $15K
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF (IEUR)EFself$1,001 to $15K
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (IJR)EFself$1,001 to $15K
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF (IGM)EFself$1,001 to $15K
All 25 assets
All assets
AssetType codeOwnerValue range
John and Pat Rutherford Properties, LLCRPJT$250K to $500K
L : Duval, FL, US New York Life UniversalWUself$250K to $500K
ownership stock None D : Purchased ownership stock in Sunshine Group Partners Vystar Credit UnionBAJT$50K to $100K
City & Police Federal Credit UnionBAJT$15K to $50K
National Financial Services/Fidelity - Traditional IRA ⇒ Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. Ordinary Shares (NCLH)STself$15K to $50K
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ SPDR Select Sector Fund - Financial (XLF)EFself$15K to $50K
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ SPDR Select Sector Fund - Technology (XLK)EFself$15K to $50K
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ Vanguard FTSE All World Ex US ETF (VEU)EFself$15K to $50K
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF (VPL)EFself$15K to $50K
, Dividends None Sunshine Group PartnersOTself$1,001 to $15K
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ Fidelity Government Money Market Fund (SPAXX)MFself$1,001 to $15K
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB)EFself$1,001 to $15K
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF (IEUR)EFself$1,001 to $15K
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (IJR)EFself$1,001 to $15K
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF (IGM)EFself$1,001 to $15K
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia ETF (EEMA)EFself$1,001 to $15K
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ SPDR Select Sector Fund - Consumer Discretionary (XLY)EFself$1,001 to $15K
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ SPDR Select Sector Fund - Consumer Staples (XLP)EFself$1,001 to $15K
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ SPDR Select Sector Fund - Health Care (XLV)EFself$1,001 to $15K
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ SPDR Select Sector Fund - Utilities (XLU)EFself$1,001 to $15K
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ The Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLC)EFself$1,001 to $15K
Opko Health, Inc. (OPK)STself$1 to $1,000
National Financial Services/Fidelity - Traditional IRA ⇒ Fidelity Treasury Money Market Fund: Capital Reserves Class (FSRXX)MFself$1 to $1,000
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV)EFselfnone
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ iShares U.S. Broker-Dealers & Securities Exchanges ETF (IAI)EFselfnone

Liabilities

Liabilities
Liability as filedAmount range
Vystar March 2019 Home mortgage - personal residence$100K to $250K

Outside positions: Managing Member John and Pat Rutherford Properties, LLC

Reported Parsed automatically from the official report; check the PDF for anything that matters. Values are bands, so totals are ranges. A personal residence and personal vehicles are normally not reported, and a spouse’s information is limited. Type codes: legend. Open the official report (PDF)

Public attention1,760 views in 30 days
1,760Wikipedia views, last 30 days
#416 of 461among candidates in the race with an article

Reported Page views of John Rutherford (Florida politician) on English Wikipedia, 2026-09-14 to 2026-10-13 (Wikimedia). Views show curiosity, not support: long-serving incumbents have older, better-known articles, and many challengers have none.

Where the money comes fromindividuals, PACs, party, self
Individual donors 37%PACs and other committees 62%Other (refunds, transfers, loans) 1%
Funding mix
Source of moneyAmountShare of receipts
Individual donors$327,49036.6%
PACs and other committees$554,75062.0%
Other (refunds, transfers, loans)$13,1581.5%
This raceFL-05, rank #1 of 2

John Rutherford ranks #1 of 2 in reported fundraising in this race.

FL-05 · Florida · Republican candidates · House forecasts

Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata · Official website · X (Twitter) · links matched through Wikidata and checked against the member or candidate record

Sources and methodFEC

All figures come from the Federal Election Commission and cover each filing period through Sep 30, 2026. FEC ID H6FL04105, committee C00615294. View the official record.

Ballot status: listed as a nominee in Wikipedia's article for this state (CC BY-SA), matched to this FEC record by name.