Florida 19th District 2026

The money race

Campaign fundraising this cycle, with independent expenditures by outside groups for and against each candidate.

RJim Schwartzel
$2.83M
+$0 for · $48K against
DVictor Arias
$70K

Bars: money raised by the campaign this cycle. Thin bars: outside spending by super PACs and other groups, for and against.

Money raised and outside spending by candidate
Candidate	Party	Raised	Outside support	Outside opposition	Small-dollar
Jim Schwartzel	R	$2,828,903	$0	$47,877	10%
Victor Arias	D	$69,983	$0	$0	—

$2.90M

Raised by candidates

$2.38M

Spent by candidates

$48K

Outside spending

3 spenders

Candidates

Candidate	Raised	Individuals	PACs	Small-dollar	In-state	Spent	Donors
Jim Schwartzel (R)	$2.83M^†	$1.00M	$10K	10%	85%	$2.32M^†	256
Victor Arias (D)	$70K^†	$27K	$0	—	93%	$55K^†	9

† The FEC's official total. Poliscope's figure disagreed (usually a report it has not loaded yet), so the other columns for that candidate may cover an earlier period.

Outside spending

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC (Schedule E). “Dark money in” is the total of grants the spender received from 501(c) nonprofits, as traced by Poliscope.Provisional

Spender	Target	Stance	Spent	Dark money in
LOVE AMERICA UPHOLD FREEDOM PAC C00894071	Jim Schwartzel	Oppose	$19K 3 filings	—
SAVE AMERICAN FREEDOM C00819508 Donors include Konstantin Sokolov ($100K)	Jim Schwartzel	Oppose	$17K 2 filings	—
PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE C00657866 Donors include Jeffrey Yass ($7.50M)	Jim Schwartzel	Oppose	$13K 1 filing	—

Candidates

Jim Schwartzel

R Republican

Raised: $2.83M
Small-dollar: 10%
In-state: 85%
Outside for / against: $0 / $48K

Self-funded

Victor Arias

D Democrat

Raised: $70K
Small-dollar: —
In-state: 93%
Outside for / against: $0 / $0

Source: Poliscope (poliscope.org), from FEC filings. Roster curated from FEC candidate registrations. Withdrawn and defeated primary candidates are not shown.