Florida — 16th congressional district

10 candidates have filed

Everyone below has an active candidate registration with the Federal Election Commission for this seat. That is not the ballot. Most of these names will not survive a primary, ballot access is decided state by state, and people qualify for a ballot without an FEC filing and file with the FEC without ever qualifying.

The money under each name is receipts into that candidate's own campaign committee for the 2025–2026 cycle, as the FEC reports them. It is not every dollar spent to elect them: leadership PACs, party committees and independent expenditures all sit outside it, and in a contested seat the outside money can exceed everything shown here. Money is not a position. Nobody's place on the Democratic–Republican scale comes from it — that is counted from roll-call votes and nothing else.

• Vern Buchanan

  Republican

  Currently holds this seat · first filed 2005-07-01 · FEC filing

  Where their votes land

  Each scale runs between the two parties. The left end is the side most Democrats took on a set of hand-picked roll-call votes, the right end the side most Republicans took, and Vern Buchanan's marker sits at the share of those votes they cast on the Republican side. Votes that most of both parties agreed on are left out, because they cannot show which side anyone was on.

  Overall

  average of 7 values

  Democratic side96 · Voted with Republicans almost every timeRepublican side

  • Average House Democrat: 2
  • Average House Republican: 98

  0 is the Democratic side of every party-split vote and 100 the Republican side of every one. This is the average of the 7 value positions below that rest on 4 or more votes, each counted once however many votes stand behind it; 3 values below have fewer than 4 votes and are drawn but not counted in it, and 2 values have no votes from Vern Buchanan at all.

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  • Clean air, water and public land

    9 of 9 votes
    Stronger limits on pollution and development9 of 9 with RepublicansFewer federal restrictions on land and industry

  • War powers

    9 of 9 votes
    Requiring Congress to authorise military force9 of 9 with RepublicansLeaving the deployment decision with the President

  • Climate and clean energy

    6 of 6 votes
    Cutting greenhouse-gas emissions faster6 of 6 with RepublicansCheaper energy now and fewer federal mandates

  • Civil rights and discrimination

    4 of 5 votes
    Broader federal anti-discrimination protection4 of 4 with RepublicansNarrower federal rules, more left to states

    Did not vote on one further party-split vote on this value, which is not counted either way.

  • Consumer financial protection

    4 of 4 votes
    Stronger federal protection for borrowers4 of 4 with RepublicansLighter regulation of banks and lenders

  • Guns

    4 of 4 votes
    Tighter limits on firearms3 of 4 with RepublicansFewer restrictions on lawful gun owners

  • Immigration

    4 of 4 votes
    More legal protection and processing capacity4 of 4 with RepublicansStricter enforcement and less federal benefit access

  • Reproductive health care

    3 of 3 votes
    Protecting access to abortion, contraception and IVF3 of 3 with RepublicansRestricting abortion and the funding behind it

    Only 3 votes — fewer than 4, so this is drawn with a hollow marker and not counted in the overall position.

  • Workers, wages and care

    3 of 3 votes
    Stronger bargaining rights and higher wage floors3 of 3 with RepublicansMore employer flexibility and lower labour costs

    Only 3 votes — fewer than 4, so this is drawn with a hollow marker and not counted in the overall position.

  • Voting and elections

    2 of 2 votes
    Wider access to the ballot2 of 2 with RepublicansTighter eligibility and identity checks

    Only 2 votes — fewer than 4, so this is drawn with a hollow marker and not counted in the overall position.

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  Positions count only the votes this person cast, so two people can be placed on different numbers of votes — the count beside each value says how many. How the votes were chosen, and how each party's side is counted.

  $930k raised by Vern Buchanan's campaign through June 30, 2026 · FEC filing

  • Small individual donors0.3%$3k
  • Large individual donors31.6%$294k
  • PACs63.3%$589k
  • Transfers in4.6%$42k
  • Other and unclassified0.2%$2k

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  Who gave to them

• Glenn Keith Pearson

  Democratic

  Filed for an open seat · first filed 2025-04-08 · FEC filing

  No congressional voting record. Glenn Keith Pearson has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

  $48k raised by Glenn Keith Pearson's campaign through July 29, 2026 · FEC filing

  • Small individual donors33.4%$16k
  • Large individual donors57.6%$27k
  • PACs0.4%$200
  • Party committees0.2%$100
  • Self-funded8.4%$4k

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  Where their money came from

• Jan Schneider

  Democratic

  Filed for an open seat · first filed 2002-03-12 · FEC filing

  No congressional voting record. Jan Schneider has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

  $56k raised by Jan Schneider's campaign through September 30, 2026 · FEC filing

  • Small individual donors2.8%$2k
  • Large individual donors30.7%$17k
  • Self-funded66.5%$37k

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• Jonathan Harris

  Democratic

  Filed for an open seat · first filed 2025-05-12 · FEC filing

  No congressional voting record. Jonathan Harris has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

  $86k raised by Jonathan Harris's campaign through July 29, 2026 · FEC filing

  • Small individual donors25.3%$22k
  • Large individual donors13.9%$12k
  • Self-funded60.9%$52k

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• Kelly Kirschner

  Democratic

  Filed for an open seat · first filed 2026-04-30 · FEC filing

  No congressional voting record. Kelly Kirschner has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

  $297k raised by Kelly Kirschner's campaign through July 29, 2026 · FEC filing

  • Small individual donors11.9%$35k
  • Large individual donors87.9%$261k
  • Self-funded0.2%$502

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• Tamika Lyles

  Democratic

  Filed for an open seat · first filed 2026-02-04 · FEC filing

  No congressional voting record. Tamika Lyles has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

  $122k raised by Tamika Lyles's campaign through July 29, 2026 · FEC filing

  • Large individual donors79.5%$97k
  • Self-funded20.5%$25k

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• Mark Davis

  No Party Affiliation

  Filed for an open seat · first filed 2025-08-05 · FEC filing

  No congressional voting record. Mark Davis has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

  $51k raised by Mark Davis's campaign through July 29, 2026 · FEC filing

  • Small individual donors72.1%$37k
  • Large individual donors16.3%$8k
  • Self-funded4.3%$2k
  • Other and unclassified7.3%$4k

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  Who gave to them

• Edward Peter Pope

  Republican

  Filed for an open seat · first filed 2026-03-02 · FEC filing

  No congressional voting record. Edward Peter Pope has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

  $49k raised by Edward Peter Pope's campaign through July 29, 2026 · FEC filing

  • Small individual donors0.1%$58
  • Self-funded99.4%$49k
  • Other and unclassified0.5%$250

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  Where their money came from

• Jason Edward Speir

  Republican

  Filed for an open seat · first filed 2023-06-26 · FEC filing

  No congressional voting record. Jason Edward Speir has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

  $44k raised by Jason Edward Speir's campaign through July 29, 2026 · FEC filing

  • Small individual donors10.9%$5k
  • Large individual donors88.9%$39k
  • Other and unclassified0.1%$61

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• Sydney Gruters

  Republican

  Filed for an open seat · first filed 2026-04-01 · FEC filing

  No congressional voting record. Sydney Gruters has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

  $1.1M raised by Sydney Gruters's campaign through July 29, 2026 · FEC filing

  • Small individual donors0.4%$4k
  • Large individual donors86.2%$938k
  • PACs11.1%$121k
  • Self-funded0.6%$7k
  • Transfers in1.7%$19k
  • Other and unclassified<0.1%$25

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