Vern Buchanan

RepublicanFL-16 · Representative

Vern Buchanan

RepublicanFL-16 · Representative

Voting Ideologyⓘ

Liberal

Conservative

Conservative (0.361)

Vern Buchanan is a Republican Representative from FL, District 16. He has served 19 years in Congress across 10 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as conservative, voting with his party 97.4% of the time. This member has 2 misconduct entries in our database.

Years in Office

Terms Served

119

Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

97.4%

Party Loyaltyⓘ

11 votes against party

8.5%

Missed Votesⓘ

470 total votes

Bills Sponsoredⓘ

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Misconduct Entriesⓘ

How Vern Compares

vs. the average House member

Party Loyalty+1.4% vs avg

97.4%

Avg: 96.0%

Missed Votes+4.9% vs avg

8.5%

Avg: 3.6%

Bills Sponsored+2.8 vs avg

Avg: 7.2

Committee Assignments

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Health SubcommitteeChair Joint Committee on TaxationMember Trade SubcommitteeMember Ways and Means CommitteeMember

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2025-12-31

$1,438,239

Cash on Handⓘ

$920,020

Total Receiptsⓘ

$530,994

Disbursementsⓘ

$290,840

Individual Donors

$586,010

PAC Contributionsⓘ

Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2007–2013House · FL-13 · Republican

2013–2027House · FL-16 · RepublicanCurrent

District Demographics

FL-16 · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

797,764

Population

$81,348

Median Income

43.5

Median Age

34.9%

College Educated

Racial Composition

White 66.7%Black 12.1%Hispanic 21.2%Asian 2.7%