Representative · Florida's 16th district

Vern Buchanan

Vern Buchanan is a Republican representative for Florida's 16th district, in Congress since 2007. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 68, and cast 436 of 453 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Republican
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Jan 4, 2007
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives	675	10.1%68 of 675 · rank 26 of 439	96%436 of 453 · rank 341 of 439	460 became law	21%48 of 231
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	5.7%70 of 1,222 · rank 72 of 442	92%768 of 832 · rank 340 of 442	380 became law	16%41 of 251
117th CongressHouse of Representatives	997	1.9%19 of 997 · rank 138 of 443	96%537 of 561 · rank 339 of 443	281 became law	41%84 of 204

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.36+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 212–216· Against party
H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Yea
Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
H.R. 8595: Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.Nay
Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 136–291· Against party
H.R. 8595: Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.Nay
Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 178–247· Against party
H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Nay
Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 187–239· Against party
H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Yea
Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 280–142· Against party
S. 2503: ROTOR ActYea
Feb 24, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 264–133· Against party
H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Jan 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 136–291· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActNot voting
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Not voting
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActNot voting
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Not voting
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActNot voting
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Nay
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Florida's 16th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026: $69.2M
Per resident: $83.37
Rank in Florida: 26 of 28
Contract actions: 1,398; New awards: 681

By fiscal year

98.7MFY2017
109.3MFY2018
112MFY2019
133.9MFY2020
188.7MFY2021
98.8MFY2022
109.6MFY2023
136.8MFY2024
129.3MFY2025
69.2MFY2026

Top buyers

U.S. Coast Guard$19M28%
Department of Homeland Security
Department of the Navy$10.4M15%
Department of Defense
U.S. Special Operations Command$10.4M15%
Department of Defense
Department of Veterans Affairs$8.3M12%
Federal Acquisition Service$5.7M8.2%
General Services Administration
Department of the Army$4M5.8%
Department of Defense
Defense Logistics Agency$4M5.7%
Department of Defense
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$3M4.4%
Department of Justice

Top recipients

APC CONSTRUCTION LLC$9.9M14%
1 award
TRAKKA USA LLC$7.3M11%
6 awards
APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.$5.7M8.2%
1 award
CHEROKEE INSIGHTS LLC$4.3M6.2%
1 award
LEIDOS, INC.$4M5.7%
1 award
MEDTEL SERVICES, LLC$2.6M3.7%
9 awards
R KEITH ENTERPRISES INC$2.6M3.7%
5 awards
AIRBORNE MEDICAL LLC$2.6M3.7%
1 award
IRON EAGLEX, INC.$2.4M3.4%
1 award
ISPA TECHNOLOGY LLC$2.3M3.3%
4 awards

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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised: $929.9K; through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand: $995.7K
From committees: $544.7K; 181 committees
From contractor PACs: $158K; 51 PACs · 29% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
american society for radiation oncologyamerican society for radiation oncology pac (''astro-pac'')	$9,000	AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR RADIATION ONCOLOGYAI match · 100% · the same organization	$307.1K
american dental associationamerican dental association political action committee	$5,000	AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 98% · the same organization	$78.5K
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)	$5,000	AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
johnson & johnsonjohnson & johnson political action committee	$5,000	JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	—
chevron corporationchevron employees political action committee - chevron corporation	$5,000	CHEVRON U.S.A. INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$713.4K
abbott laboratoriesabbott laboratories employee political action committee	$5,000	ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$90M
metlife inc.metlife inc. employees' political participation fund a	$5,000	METLIFE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$3.5M
nextera energy, incnextera energy, inc. political action committee	$5,000	NEXTERA ENERGY SERVICES MAINE, LLCAI match · 95% · of one corporate family	$1.4M
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee	$5,000	AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
eli lilly and companyeli lilly and company political action committee	$5,000	ELI LILLY AND COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization	$286.4K

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$929.9K	$544.7K	$158K51 PACs · 29% of committee money
2024	$1.8M	$1.2M	$246.5K64 PACs · 20% of committee money
2022	$4.7M	$2.3M	$488.8K118 PACs · 21% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

House · Florida's 16th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · Florida's 16th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
House · Florida's 16th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
House · Florida's 16th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
House · Florida's 16th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
House · Florida's 16th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
House · Florida's 16th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
House · Florida's 13th districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
House · Florida's 13th districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
House · Florida's 13th districtJan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2009

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: buchanan.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-5015
Office: 2409 Rayburn House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)

Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.