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Florida’s 19th District

U.S. House · FL-19

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of November 2, 2026

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 98% chance of winning, with an average lead of 17.9 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 6%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 58.9%

    Jim Schwartzel

  • Democrat 41.1%

    Victor Arias

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

What Orbit says

Orbit, our experimental model, picks the same favourite as our main forecast: the Republican, with a 91% chance (98% according to Harfang des neiges).

ModelFavouriteChance
Harfang des neigesRepublican98%
OrbitRepublican91%
50/50 blendRepublican94%

Figures as of November 2, 2026. The blend averages the two chances; in replays of the 2018 and 2022 Quebec elections, it beat our main forecast on its own.

Every race according to Orbit

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
FL-19 58.9%41.1%
National averageUnited States 43.9%+15.0 54.9%−13.8

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

Donalds, Byron · Republican

Primary results

Held August 18, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Victor Arias 45.5% 15,406 votes
Republican primary Jim Schwartzel 29.1% 26,140 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Open seat

    Victor Arias

    source
  • Other Open seat

    Haskin, Seth

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

  • Republican Open seat

    Jim Schwartzel

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 32.7 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 17.9 points.

Where these voters came from

This district was redrawn in the 2025-2026 redistricting. Share of its voters from each former district:

  • Former district 19 93%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • FL-17 Republican, safe seat
  • FL-22 Democrat, toss-up
  • FL-16 Republican, toss-up
  • FL-26 Republican, safe seat
  • FL-14 Democrat, competitive
  • FL-9 Democrat, toss-up

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Democrat55%5.7-point gap
  2. VA-1Republican55%5.7-point gap
  3. MI-4Republican56%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated