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U.S. Representative · Florida 16th District
Vern Buchanan
RepublicanDistrict R+7119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score62#67 of 431 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Vern Buchanan’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2409 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0916
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
- WeakBacks 1 Democratic-led tracked billSponsor or active cosponsor of 1 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 1993.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1993 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act
- Weak38th most moderate of 219 House RepublicansDW-NOMINATE +0.361 vs. the House Republican median of +0.530: 0.169 toward the Democrats (rank 38 of 219 by distance 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
- 19.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Ways and MeansMajority · 2nd in seniority
- Subcommittee on HealthChair
- Subcommittee on Trade
- Joint Committee on TaxationMajority · 2nd in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Buchanan← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.361 is 0.17 to the left of the House Republican median (+0.530).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Republican average- 119th Congress79House Republican average: 86 (n=217)
Swing score by bill
swing-v2 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 201–250 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.J.Res. 142Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025.Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | YeaProjected at the vote: 63 Middle (today: 62) | 62 |