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Vern Buchanan

Vern Buchanan

RRepublicanFL-16 · Representative
66
/ 100
Above Average
Attendance91
Avg: 96
Independence3
Avg: 4
Bipartisan Tone37
Avg: 16
Ethics Record100
Avg: 99
Transparency100
Avg: 57

Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.

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Vern Buchanan

Vern Buchanan

RepublicanFL-16 · Representative
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Conservative (0.361)
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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.

19
Years in Office
10
Terms Served
119
Current Congress

Take Action — Contact Vern

Your voice matters. Reach out to your Representative directly.

Call 202-225-5015Official Website

Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

97.4%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
13 votes against party
8.8%
Missed Votesⓘ
557 total votes
19
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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2
Misconduct Entriesⓘ

How Vern Compares

vs. the average House member

Party Loyalty+1.5% vs avg
97.4%
Avg: 95.9%
Missed Votes+5.2% vs avg
8.8%
Avg: 3.6%
Bills Sponsored+6.0 vs avg
19
Avg: 13.0

Committee Assignments

Committees shape which bills get heard. See what this member has influence over.

House Committee on Ways and MeansJoint Committee on Taxation

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2026-03-31

$1,085,759
Cash on Handⓘ
$929,818
Total Receiptsⓘ
$893,273
Disbursementsⓘ
$296,368
Individual Donors
$589,010
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
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
43.0
Median Age
34.9%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 66.7%Black 12.1%Hispanic 21.2%Asian 2.7%