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U.S. Representative · Florida 5th District
John H. Rutherford
RepublicanDistrict R+10119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score60#112 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 · 3 signals
- StrongBacks 11 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 11 of the 2090 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 429, H.R. 1340, H.R. 1493, H.R. 1993, H.R. 2001 and 6 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 429 Rosie the Riveter Commemorative Coin Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1340 More Homes on the Market Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1493 To reauthorize and make improvements to Federal programs relating to the prevention, detection, and treatment of traumatic brain injuries, and for other purposes.
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1993 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: Action for Dental Health Act
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 401–450 of 1962 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. 524Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 63
| Middle |
| S. 1278 |