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John H. Rutherford

Republican · FL-5 · U.S. House

On the ballot in 2026

FL-5 — U.S. House

Safe R 99%

John H. Rutherford is on the ballot. Rachel Grage vs. John Rutherford. Runs on a newly enacted district map.

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Record of service

In office
9.7 years
First took office
2017 (5 terms)
Seniority
165 of 439 by time served
Age
74
District offices
  • Jacksonville, FL · 904-831-5205
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Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.

Reported net worth

2019
$1.5M
2020
$1.5M
2021
$1.4M
2022
$959k
2023
$951k
2024
$950k
2025
$942k
Most recent filing (2025)
Assets
$652k – $1.6M
Liabilities
$100k – $250k
Net worth
$402k – $1.5M
Since 2019
−$594k
Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 23 assets reported
John and Pat Rutherford Properties, LLC$250k – $500k
New York Life Universal$250k – $500k
Vystar Credit Union$50k – $100k
City & Police Federal Credit Union$15k – $50k
National Financial Services/Fidelity - Traditional IRA ⇒ Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Lt$15k – $50k
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ SPDR Select Sector Fund - Financial (XLF)$15k – $50k
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ SPDR Select Sector Fund - Technology (XLK)$15k – $50k
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ Vanguard FTSE All World Ex US ETF (VEU)$15k – $50k
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF (VPL)$15k – $50k
Sunshine Group Partners$1k – $15k
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ Fidelity Government Money Market Fund (SPAXX)$1k – $15k
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB)$1k – $15k
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF (IEUR)$1k – $15k
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (IJR)$1k – $15k
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF (IGM)$1k – $15k
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia ETF (EEMA)$1k – $15k
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ SPDR Select Sector Fund - Consumer Discretionary (XLY)$1k – $15k
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ SPDR Select Sector Fund - Consumer Staples (XLP)$1k – $15k
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ SPDR Select Sector Fund - Health Care (XLV)$1k – $15k
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ SPDR Select Sector Fund - Utilities (XLU)$1k – $15k
Premiere Select IRA ⇒ The Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLC)$1k – $15k
Opko Health, Inc. (OPK)$1 – $1k
National Financial Services/Fidelity - Traditional IRA ⇒ Fidelity Treasury Money Market Fu$1 – $1k

Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.

From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

FiscalHealthImmig.GunsAbortionEnviron.CrimeDefenseEconomyForeignCivil R.Educ.GovtJudicial
Taxes & Fiscal
R+0.72
Healthcare
R+0.66
Immigration & Border
R+0.94
Guns
R+1.00
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+0.88
Environment & Energy
R+0.81
Crime & Policing
R+0.89
Defense & Veterans
R+0.86
Economy & Labor
R+0.73
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.59
Civil Rights & Social
R+0.32
Education
R+0.70
Government & Democracy
R+0.87
Judicial & Executive Nominations
R+0.52

Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

John H. Rutherford's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

Republican Party
92%
Libertarian Party
65%
Democratic Party
30%
Green Party
21%
Democratic Socialists (DSA)
17%
Communist Party USA
16%

On the political map

John H. Rutherford (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightRutherford
Party platforms:Communist Party USADemocratic Socialists (DSA)Green PartyDemocratic PartyRepublican PartyLibertarian Party

Each small dot is a current member (Dem · Rep); the larger dots are party platforms — click one for its closest members. Economic axis: taxes, healthcare, labor, energy. Social axis: abortion, guns, immigration, civil rights, crime.

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Caucuses & committees

Where Rutherfordsits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.

Caucuses

Committees

Most and least aligned members

Treating Rutherford's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.

Most aligned

Jack Bergman
R · MI-1 · House
+100%
Mike Rogers
R · AL-3 · House
+100%
David Kustoff
R · TN-8 · House
+100%
Neal P. Dunn
R · FL-2 · House
+100%
Roger Williams
R · TX-25 · House
+100%

Least aligned

Adelita S. Grijalva
D · AZ-7 · House
−98%
Greg Casar
D · TX-35 · House
−98%
Delia C. Ramirez
D · IL-3 · House
−97%
Jesús G. "Chuy" García
D · IL-4 · House
−97%
Ilhan Omar
D · MN-5 · House
−97%

Recent notable votes

YEA
Ratepayer Protection Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Retire through Ownership Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Retire through Ownership Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".
2026-09-16 · Passed · Environment & Energy
YEA
Water Resources Development Act of 2026
2026-09-16 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9576) to establish the National Fraud Enforcement Division of the Department of Justice; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 10326) to enhance information-sharing capabilities between Federal law enforcement and State agencies to detect, investigate, and prosecute fraud in certain Federal programs, and to protect individual privacy; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 210) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to ‘‘California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision''; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 213) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the ‘‘California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision''; and providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 5334) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes.
2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Crime & Policing, Environment & Energy, Taxes & Fiscal, Education
NAY
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
2026-09-15 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy
YEA
Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025
2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025
2026-09-15 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor
YEA
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Crime & Policing
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9576) to establish the National Fraud Enforcement Division of the Department of Justice; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 10326) to enhance information-sharing capabilities between Federal law enforcement and State agencies to detect, investigate, and prosecute fraud in certain Federal programs, and to protect individual privacy; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 210) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to ‘‘California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision''; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 213) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the ‘‘California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision''; and providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 5334) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes.
2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Crime & Policing, Environment & Energy, Taxes & Fiscal, Education

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