Victor Arias (Democrat), Jim Schwartzel (Republican) and Seth Haskin are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Florida District 19, with one certified write-in, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the Florida Division of Elections.
The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: Seth Haskin and Alexandra Zakhvatayev (write-in).
Official candidate list: Florida Division of Elections. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. A candidate marked write-in is certified to run and their votes count; their name is not printed on the ballot. Not a prediction.
The seat
Byron Donalds
Republican · Holds the seat now
First took office 2021 · Age 47
Not on the November ballot
How to vote in Florida
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 29 days before the election.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 33,881 votes
- Victor Arias Won: 45.5% 15,410
- Howard Sapp: 41.1% 13,918
- Robert Neeld: 13.4% 4,553
The primary · 89,742 votes
- Jim Schwartzel Won: 29.1% 26,153
- Catalina Lauf: 22.0% 19,722
- Jim Oberweis: 15.7% 14,110
- Madison Cawthorn: 8.5% 7,596
- Chris Collins: 7.4% 6,617
5 more candidates in the full results at the source named below.
Primary results as recorded October 11, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Florida Division of Elections certified primary results. Certified August 27, 2026. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $14M
- Outside money
- $4.4M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $4.4M of the race's $4.4M was spent on candidates not listed here. No outside money is on file for or against the other 2 names on this ballot.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
18 filed- Byron DonaldsRepublican$738K
- Madison CawthornRepublican$875K
- Chris CollinsRepublican$3.4M
- Ola HawatmehRepublican$392K
- Catalina LaufRepublican$1.7M
Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
The district
Census context- People
- 808K
- Median household income
- $81K
- Unemployment
- 3.9%
- Living below the poverty line
- 10.9%
- Without health insurance
- 11.0%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate. These figures describe the district as drawn before its lines changed for 2026; estimates for the new lines are not yet published.
How this seat voted last time
R+33 in 2024
- Byron Donalds Won: 66.3%
- Kari L. Lerner: 33.7%
415,746 votes for candidates. The district's lines have changed since this result. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between June 30, 2026 and September 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.