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U.S. Representative · Florida 5th District
John H. Rutherford
RepublicanDistrict R+10119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score61#109 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact John H. Rutherford’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office1711 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0905
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Democrats · 2 signals
- StrongBacks 5 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 5 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 1493, H.R. 1993, H.R. 2001, H.R. 2004, H.R. 8205.
- WeakHeritage Action 77 vs. House Republican avg 86Heritage Action (119th Congress, higher = more conservative) scored this member 77; the House Republican average is 86.5 (n=217). That is 9 points toward the Democrats.
Keeps them with Republicans · 0 signals
None of our measures place this member firmly with their party.
Bill-specific inputsVotes on similar past bills and committee seats vary by bill, so they appear in the swing-v3 scores below rather than here.
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 9.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on AppropriationsMajority · 16th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Homeland Security
- Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Rutherford← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.433 is 0.10 to the left of the House Republican median (+0.530).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Republican average- 119th Congress77House Republican average: 86 (n=217)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 101–150 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 5911Crystal Reservoir Conveyance ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 65
| Middle |
| H.R. 6365Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act |