Federal · U.S. House
Vern Buchanan
U.S. Representative · FL-16 · Party: Republican
468 final-passage votes on record.
Record at a glance
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Office
- Office
- U.S. Representative
- District
- FL-16
- Party
- Republican
- Term
- Since 2007
- Website
- Official site ↗
Source
No platform recorded yet
This tab shows Vern Buchanan's platform in two parts. In their own words: a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, with a link to the whole page, and statements their office submits, labeled as such. Commitments tracked: specific, checkable promises (signing a named bill, funding a program at a stated amount, finishing a project by a date), each quoted with its date and source and checked in code before it's published, with a status that changes only with evidence.
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H.Res. 1316
Providing for consideration of (H.R. 8774) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025; consideration of (H.R. 8771) Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025; consideration of (H.R. 8752) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2025; and for other purposes
On Agreeing to the Resolution, as Amended
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H.Res. 1316
Providing for consideration of (H.R. 8774) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025; consideration of (H.R. 8771) Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025; consideration of (H.R. 8752) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2025; and for other purposes
On Ordering the Previous Question
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H.R. 2789
American Cooperation with Our Neighbors Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
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H.R. 7152
Korean American Divided Families National Registry Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
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H.Res. 901
Expressing support for democracy and human rights in Pakistan
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended
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Raised · 2025–2026
$929,859
Spent $983,350 · Cash on hand $995,723 as of Jun 30, 2026
Money raised by Vern Buchanan's campaign committees in 2025–2026, through Jun 30, 2026 (latest report: july quarterly 2026), as reported to the Federal Election Commission. These are facts about money, shown beside the voting record; they don't explain any vote.
Where it came from
- Small individual donors ($200 or less)$2,5550%
- Larger individual donors (more than $200)$293,81332%
- PACs and other political committees$589,01063%
- Political party committees$00%
- The candidate (own money and loans)$00%
- Other (transfers, refunds, interest)$44,4825%
For comparison, the average of the 426 House members with 2025–2026 filings loaded: raised $2,380,998; PACs 36% of money raised; small donors 10%; cash on hand $1,617,763.
Top PACs
- NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION PAC$10,000
- NATIONAL STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS TRADE ASSOCIATION PAC$10,000
- UNITEDHEALTH GROUP, INC. POLITICAL FUND$10,000
- MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PAC$10,000
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC$7,500
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON PAC$6,500
- FLORIDA HEALTH PAC/GUIDEWELL PAC$6,500
- NATIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL ASSN PAC$6,000
- AMERICAN DENTAL PAC$5,000
- AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSN. PAC$5,000
The 10 largest of $589,010 from PACs and other political committees (63% of all money raised). Every PAC contribution at the FEC ↗
Outside spending for and against
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None reported.
Independent expenditures: spending on ads and outreach about this member, without coordinating with the campaign. This money isn't given to the campaign. FEC record ↗
Top contributing industries (approximate)
- Health care$124,721
- Finance, insurance and banking$100,000
- Pharmaceuticals and medical products$43,753
- Issue and advocacy groups$32,500
- Agriculture and food$32,000
- Energy and utilities$31,000
- Construction and engineering$18,503
- Technology and telecommunications$15,500
Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in PAC and employer names (how); 57% of these dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed. Employer amounts count only donors who gave more than $200, from the campaign's principal committee.
Donors' employers
- PHILANTHROPIST$12,000
- MCIVER CLINIC$7,500
- SALUBER STRATEGIES$6,800
- SPLITOAK STRATEGIES$5,000
- ANNA MARIA OYSTER BAR$3,000
Employers named by donors who gave more than $200, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. Individual donors are never listed.
Source: Federal Election Commission (Vern Buchanan at the FEC ↗), 2025–2026. Read Oct 2, 2026. Federal law bars using contributor information from FEC reports to ask for contributions or for commercial purposes; ThePillory shows totals only and has no donor export. Methodology
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