John H. Rutherford

U.S. Representative, Florida District 5 · Republican. Member of the House in the 119th Congress, from the House Clerk's member list.

2026 race: Florida U.S. House District 5 · Official website

How to contact John H. Rutherford

Official website (its contact page takes messages from constituents)

Washington office: 1711 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0905 · 202-225-2501

District offices:

  • 4130 Salisbury Road, Suite 2500, Jacksonville, FL 32216 · 904-831-5205

Official accounts: X · Facebook · Instagram · YouTube

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Where John H. Rutherford falls, left to right

Moderately right, from their votes in Congress (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview) · Voteview. 275th from the left of 431

Voting record, 119th Congress

674roll-call votes held while a memberVoteview.
9.3%of those votes missedTypical House member: 1.9%. Absences have many causes; the count doesn't say why.
98.1%of 423 party-line votes cast with their partyTypical House member: 98.3%.

Rankings: 229th of 431 (1st = votes with their party most often) · 28th of 430 (1st = most votes missed)

Legislation, 119th Congress

Sponsored 9 bills and resolutions; 0 became law. Most often about crime and law enforcement, public lands and natural resources and transportation and public works. 397th of 433 (1st = most bills sponsored)

Most recent

From Congress.gov. Counts bills where they're the primary sponsor.

Committees

  • House Committee on Appropriations
    Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies · Homeland Security · Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies

Service

  • In the House since 2017
  • Current term ends January 3, 2027
  • Born 1952

From Congress's member data (congress-legislators, public domain).

Who gives money to John H. Rutherford

The political action committees that gave to John H. Rutherford's campaign, and the groups that forwarded bundled gifts, January 2023 through the latest 2026 reports.

$1.8 millionraised by the campaignJanuary 2023 through the latest 2026 reports.
$1.1 milliondirectly from 206 PACs62% of the total. 20th of 432 (1st = largest share from PACs).

Largest direct PAC givers

  1. National Propane Gas Association PAC (FEC) · $20,000
  2. General Dynamics Corporation Political Action Committee (GENERAL DYNAMICS EMPLOYEE PAC) · $20,000
  3. The Boeing Company PAC · $20,000
  4. Employees of Northrop Grumman Corporation PAC · $20,000
  5. Saltchuk Resources, Inc. PAC (FEC) · $20,000
  6. CSX Corporation Good Government Fund (FEC) · $20,000
  7. Employees of RTX Corporation Political Action Committee · $20,000
  8. American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action Committee · $20,000
  9. General Atomics Political Action Committee (FEC) · $20,000
  10. Motorola Solutions, Inc. Political Action Committee (FEC) · $20,000

From reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Two kinds of money are counted, separately: direct contributions from a PAC's own account to a member's campaign, and bundled (earmarked) gifts: donations from individuals, each earmarked for a particular candidate, that a group collected and forwarded to the campaign. "Received" means the campaign got the money; it doesn't mean the group controls how the member votes. Super PAC spending isn't counted, since it isn't given to a campaign. What's a PAC? · How we count.

Quick answers

Who gives money to John H. Rutherford?
John H. Rutherford's campaign raised $1.8 million from January 2023 through the latest 2026 reports. $1.1 million (62%) came directly from 206 PACs; the largest were National Propane Gas Association PAC ($20,000), General Dynamics ($20,000) and Boeing ($20,000). From FEC filings.
How do I contact John H. Rutherford?
Call the Washington office at 202-225-2501 or the district office (Jacksonville 904-831-5205), or write through the official website, https://rutherford.house.gov.
Is John H. Rutherford liberal or conservative?
By voting record, John H. Rutherford is moderately right: a DW-NOMINATE score of +0.43 on a scale from −1 (left) to +1 (right), from every roll-call vote in the 119th Congress (Voteview, UCLA); 275th from the left of 431 representatives.
How often does John H. Rutherford vote with their party, and miss votes?
John H. Rutherford voted with their party on 98.1% of 423 party-line votes and missed 9.3% of 674 roll-call votes in the 119th Congress (Voteview).
What bills has John H. Rutherford passed?
John H. Rutherford sponsored 9 bills and resolutions in the 119th Congress; 0 became law (Congress.gov).
How much PAC money has John H. Rutherford received?
$1.1 million directly from 206 PACs since January 2023.
What is a PAC?
A political action committee: a group registered with the Federal Election Commission that raises money and spends it on elections, including by giving to candidates. Corporations, labor unions, trade associations and membership groups can sponsor one, which may raise money only from people tied to the sponsor (its employees, members or shareholders, for example). Independent (nonconnected) PACs can raise from the public, and many politicians have a leadership PAC to give to other candidates. In 2025–26 a PAC that gives to several candidates can give each one up to $5,000 per election.
What is a super PAC?
A committee that can raise unlimited sums from individuals, corporations, unions and other PACs, but only to spend independently: ads and other activity not coordinated with a campaign. It doesn't give to campaigns, so super PAC money isn't in the PAC totals here.
What is a bundled (earmarked) donation?
A donation from an individual that a group collects and passes on to the candidate it's earmarked for. Under federal rules it counts as that individual's own contribution (up to $3,500 per election in 2025–26), and the campaign reports it as earmarked through the group. It's separate from the PAC's own direct contributions.

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