2026 race — Florida — 19th District
15 candidates have filed with the FEC for this seat, including the incumbent, Byron Donalds (R). The seat was a wide margin last time (32.6 points in 2024).
Who is running
Statutory candidates on file with the FEC. Challengers keep filing all cycle and primaries run into September, so this is a snapshot of who has filed — not a final ballot.
D Democratic (3)
- Howard Sappopen seat · FEC filings & money
- Robert M. Neeldopen seat · FEC filings & money
- Victor M. Ariasopen seat · FEC filings & money
R Republican (11)
- Byron Donaldsincumbent · FEC filings & money
- Catalina Laufopen seat · FEC filings & money
- Chris Collinsopen seat · FEC filings & money
- Gregory Bukowskiopen seat · FEC filings & money
- James Oberweisopen seat · FEC filings & money
- Jim Schwartzelopen seat · FEC filings & money
- John Strandopen seat · FEC filings & money
- Linda J Sawyeropen seat · FEC filings & money
- Madison Cawthornopen seat · FEC filings & money
- Mike Pedersenopen seat · FEC filings & money
- Ola Nesheswat Hawatmehopen seat · FEC filings & money
I Independent / other (1)
- Seth Haskinopen seat · FEC filings & money
How the incumbent has voted, by issue
Every roll call Byron Donalds cast this Congress, grouped by the bill's official policy area (the Congressional Research Service subject assigned on congress.gov). These are votes, not stated positions — no stance is inferred from them.
- YeaH.R. 7008 — On Passage (Jul 2026)
- AyeH.Res. 1438 — On Agreeing to the Resolution (Jul 2026)
- AyeH.Res. 1423 — On Agreeing to the Resolution (Jul 2026)
- YeaH.Res. 1399 — On Agreeing to the Resolution (Jun 2026)
- YeaH.Con.Res. 113 — On Agreeing to the Resolution (Jul 2026)
- YeaH.R. 9770 — On Passage (Jul 2026)
- YeaH.R. 8595 — On Passage (Jul 2026)
- YeaH.R. 8646 — On Passage (Jun 2026)
- YeaH.R. 5625 — On Passage (May 2026)
- AyeH.R. 6260 — On Passage (May 2026)
- YeaH.Con.Res. 96 — On Agreeing to the Resolution (May 2026)
- YeaH.Res. 1252 — On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree (May 2026)
Why challengers have no voting record here
Only people who have held the office have cast roll-call votes, so a voting record exists for the incumbent alone. We do not fill that gap with campaign-website summaries or third-party scorecards: deciding which vote counts as “the” vote on an issue is an editorial act, and two advocacy groups routinely produce opposite grades from the same record.
What is on the record for every candidate equally is money — who funds them, and who is spending independently for or against them. Each name above links to that candidate's FEC filings.
Last time this seat was contested (2024)
- BYRON DONALDS (R) — 275,708 votes
- KARI L LERNER (D) — 140,038 votes
415,746 ballots cast out of an estimated 611,525 eligible voters — 68% turnout.
Sources: FEC candidate filings (who is running), House Clerk and Senate roll-call records with congress.gov policy areas (the voting record), and MEDSL/MIT Election Lab official returns with Census citizen voting-age population (the last result). All public records.