District: Florida - 16th District Political Highlights: no previous office, Born: May 8, 1951; Detroit, Mich. Residence: Longboat Key Religion: Baptist Family: Wife, Sandy Buchanan; two children Education: Cleary College, B.B.A. 1975; U. of Detroit, M.B.A. 1986 Elected: 2006 Committee Assignments: Ways & Means (Health; Oversight - Chairman; Social Security) Social Media:
Roll Call Vitals
District Rating: Safe Republican House Seniority: 74th ranked House Republican Twitter: 24,238 followers State Clout: Florida is 2nd on Roll Call's Clout Index, which measures influence in Congress by state
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
2006 Election Results
Candidate
Vern Buchanan (R) Christine Jennings (D)
Votes
119,309 118,940
%
50.1% 49.9%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
Vern Buchanan (R) Christine Jennings (D) Jan Schneider (X) Don Baldauf (X)
Votes
204,382 137,967 20,289 5,358
%
55.5% 37.5% 5.5% 1.5%
2010 Election Results
Candidate
Vern Buchanan (R) James Golden (D)
Votes
183,811 83,123
%
68.9% 31.1%
2012 Election Results
Candidate
Vern Buchanan (R) Keith Fitzgerald (D)
Votes
187,147 161,929
%
53.6% 46.4%
2014 Election Results
Candidate
Vern Buchanan (R) Henry Lawrence (D) Joe Newman (WRI)
