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2026 candidates we're tracking in FL-19
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Victor Arias
Democratic
Owner and managing attorney of the Arias Law Firm since 1992, representing working families in personal injury and workers' compensation cases across Southwest Florida, per local election reporting by Sparker's Soapbox; he ran for Lee County Superintendent of Schools in 2024. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
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Jim Schwartzel
Republican
President of Fort Myers-based Sun Broadcasting and Gulfshore Life Media, operator of conservative talk station 92.5 FOX News and publisher of Gulfshore Life magazine, per his campaign site; a lifelong Southwest Florida resident, he led the June Victory Insights poll of the field at 13 percent, per WGCU.
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Seth Haskin
No Party Affil
Haskin holds a bachelor's degree in neuroscience and grew up in a lower-middle-class household of seven, where his family at times relied on food stamps; he has also conducted independent study of the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and the Federalist Papers, per the campaign site.
About this race
Florida's 19th Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Florida primary is Tuesday, August 18, 2026, and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.