Vern Buchanan
RRep. FL-16 · U.S. House · 10 terms
Political perspective
from the voting recordOn the standard liberal–conservative scale, Buchanan sits more conservative than 59% of the House and more liberal than 41%. This is a DW-NOMINATE score — derived purely from how they vote, not an opinion.
We link to what Buchanansays they stand for so you can hold it against the record above. We don't put words in anyone's mouth or declare a promise “kept” or “broken” — where there's no published, structured position to compare, we leave it to you rather than invent a verdict.
Contact
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Campaign money
live· 2026 cycle“From PACs” is corporate, industry, and union political-committee money — a proxy for special-interest funding. Totals via the FEC.
- ADVANCED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEETrade$10K
- MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PACOther / unclassified$10K
- CARNIVAL/PRINCESS HOLLAND AMERICA LINE INC. PAC (HALPAC)Corporate$10K
- UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED PAC (UNITEDHEALTH GROUP PAC)Corporate$10K
- NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEETrade$10K
- NATIONAL STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS TRADE ASSOCIATION PACTrade$10K
- CRUISE LINES INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION PAC (CLIA PAC)Trade$10K
- AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR RADIATION ONCOLOGY PAC (''ASTRO-PAC'')Membership$9K
- Corporate52%
- Trade25%
- Membership14%
- Other / unclassified9%
- Labor0%
Largest PACs and committees giving to the campaign this cycle, from FEC committee-to-candidate filings. The FEC doesn't tag donors by industry — the names usually tell you, and OpenSecrets has the formal industry breakdown below.
- Health & medicine$132K
- Finance & banking$42K
- Insurance$33K
- Pharma & biotech$29K
- Energy & utilities$28K
- Professional services$15K
Grouped from the names of the PACs that gave — our own rough classification, PAC money only (not individual donors). Another 42% came from PACs we couldn't slot into an industry by name.
Where the money goes
live· 2026 cycleBuchanan's campaign has spent $713K across 331 reported disbursements.
- Events & fundraising$300K 42%
- Other$128K 18%
- Payroll & admin$114K 16%
- Advertising & media$89K 13%
- Consulting & research$82K 12%
- RED RIVER CO, LLC$215K
- FIFTH THIRD BANK$72K
- 1099 MANAGEMENT CO., LLC$55K
- CT JENSEN$39K
- CONVERGENCE MEDIA$38K
- ELECTION COMPLIANCE SERVICES$35K
- MORTON'S GOURMET MARKETSARASOTA, FL$15K
- FIORELLI WINERY & VINEYARDBRADENTON, FL$637
These are the venues, caterers, and hotels the campaign paidfor events — the money trail to where fundraising happened, with the vendor's city and state. It is not a guest list or attendance: who came, who hosted, and “what the crowd was like” aren't in any public record, so we don't guess at them.
Categories are grouped by keyword from the free-text purpose each campaign reports to the FEC, so the split is a guide, not an audit. Otheris spending whose reported purpose didn't clearly fit a category — campaigns describe disbursements inconsistently. Totals are for the candidate's campaign committees this cycle; see the FEC for the line-by-line record.
Background
Represents Florida's 16th district · age 75 · from Detroit.
Vernon Gale Buchanan is an American businessman, politician, and Air Force National Guard veteran serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 16th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, he first entered Congress in 2007, representing Florida's 13th congressional district until redistricting. His district is anchored by Bradenton. On January 27, 2026, Buchanan announced he would not run for re-election in 2026.
Biography from Wikipedia & Wikidata (public, CC BY-SA). Family is spouse and children only.
Stock trades
No periodic transaction reports on file for Buchanan in the current House disclosure index.
Committees
liveWhat they're assigned to work on.
- Joint Committee on Taxation
- House Committee on Ways and Means
via congress-legislators committee data.
Who they're up against
Candidates who have filed with the FEC for this House seat— who's challenging them now, and who they faced last time.
Next election
· 2026 cycle- Tamika LylesDemocratOpen seat$48Kraised ↗
- Jonathan HarrisDemocratOpen seat$33Kraised ↗
- Glenn Keith PearsonDemocratOpen seat$30Kraised ↗
- Mark DavisNPAOpen seat$30Kraised ↗
- Jan SchneiderDemocratOpen seat$21Kraised ↗
+ 2 other minor candidates with little or no money raised.
Last election
· 2024 cycle- Jason Edward SpeirRepublicanChallenger$550Kraised ↗
+ 2 other minor candidates with little or no money raised.
Candidates and money raised from FEC filings (bulk candidate summaries). Short bios are quoted from Wikipedia or Ballotpedia where a confident match exists — never invented; candidates without a sourced bio show their FEC record only.
How Vern actually voted · last 15 bills live
- Missed16-Sep-2026S 2403On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
- Missed16-Sep-2026H R 9497On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
- Missed16-Sep-2026H R 9340On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
- Missed16-Sep-2026H J RES 213On Passage
- Missed16-Sep-2026H R 10326On Passage
- Yea16-Sep-2026H R 9576On Passage
- Yea16-Sep-2026H R 5334On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments
- Nay15-Sep-2026H CON RES 93On Agreeing to the Resolution
- Yea15-Sep-2026H J RES 210On Passage
- Yea15-Sep-2026H R 9500On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
- Yea15-Sep-2026H R 2140On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
- Yea15-Sep-2026H R 4646On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
- Yea15-Sep-2026H R 8278On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
- Yea15-Sep-2026H R 2978On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
- Aye15-Sep-2026H RES 1530On Agreeing to the Resolution
Real roll-call votes from the U.S. House Clerk. “Missed” = recorded as Not Voting.
Congressional calendar · next 12 days
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