John Rutherford re-elected as Florida Representative

Jessica May

John Rutherford earned himself a re-election for Florida Representative in the fourth congressional district.

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Rutherford is the current Republican representative for this district. He was elected in 2016 just after he stopped being a sheriff in the Jacksonville’s Sheriff’s office in 2015, according to Ballotpedia.

According to his campaign website, Rutherford supports funding defense, keeping judiciary focused on their constitutional responsibilities, ending Obamacare and restoring education policy.

The fourth district representatives in Florida represent most of Duval and parts of Nassau and St. Johns County. This position requires the congressperson to make and pass federal laws. The representative will work in the legislative branch of the federal government in the House of Representatives.

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