John Rutherford

American politician (born 1952)

IncumbentU.S. House — FL-05RepublicanRunning nowVugol ID VM-HK0-9G5C FEC H6FL04105

Running for U.S. House, FL-05, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/john-rutherford

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

Headshot · unitedstates.github.io

John Rutherford — Photo — Photo · rutherford.house.gov

John Rutherford — Illustration · Vugol.me — Illustration · Vugol.me
Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Official U.S. Congress portrait · Public domain

Races

2026 · U.S. House, FL-05 · General · Republican · on the ballot · incumbent
2024 · U.S. House, FL-05 · General · Republican · result not on file · incumbent · source
2022 · U.S. House, FL-05 · General · Republican · won · incumbent · source
2020 · U.S. House, FL-04 · General · Republican · won · 308,497 votes (61.1%) · incumbent · source
2018 · U.S. House, FL-04 · General · Republican · won · 248,420 votes (65.1%) · source

Background

John Henry Rutherford is an American politician and former law enforcement officer serving as the U.S. representative from Florida's 5th congressional district since 2017.

A member of the Republican Party, his district encompasses southeast Jacksonville and all of St. Johns County.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-27 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rutherford_(Florida_politician)

Campaign finance

$726,727total raised (2026 cycle)

$268,730cash on hand (2026 cycle)

$635,666total spent (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-07-29 · Source: FEC

Website and social

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Sources

Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-27 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rutherford_(Florida_politician)
Official social accounts — congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6FL04105/
photo_headshot — https://unitedstates.github.io/
photo_gallery — https://rutherford.house.gov/about/biography
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Rutherford_115th_Congress_photo.jpg
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SheriffJohnRutherford.jpg

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