All racesFlorida U.S. House, 19th districtFEED 1:29 PM ET, 0s AGO
Florida primary, August 18, 2026

U.S. House, 19th district

Republican primary
CALLED, SCHWARTZEL
Projected winner
29.1%Jim Schwartzel+7.2 over Lauf
Votes counted
89,718of about 89,718 expected
Share of expected vote in
100.0%138 of 138 precincts have reported
Race called
>99%the feed has called it

The field

10 on the ballot, ordered by vote.

Jim Schwartzel29.1%26,147 votes
Catalina Lauf22.0%19,717 votes
Jim Oberweis15.7%14,107 votes
Madison Cawthorn8.5%7,593 votes
Chris Collins7.4%6,615 votes
Mike Pedersen6.2%5,580 votes
John Strand3.9%3,512 votes
Ola Hawatmeh2.8%2,534 votes
Greg Bukowski2.5%2,265 votes
Linda Sawyer1.8%1,648 votes

How the vote was cast

Of the 89,718 votes counted so far, 89,718 come with the ballot type published. Mail ballots are usually counted first and election-day ballots last, so a lead built on one can move as the others land. Each bar below is that way of voting on its own: who won it, and by how much.

Ballots counted so far, by type
Mail and absentee46.0%41,253 votesEarly in person23.2%20,846 votesElection day30.8%27,619 votes
Mail and absentee41,253 votes, 46% of the count
Schwartzel29.2%12,058Oberweis19.2%7,910Lauf16.0%6,598Collins9.6%3,971Cawthorn7.8%3,215Pedersen5.7%2,360
Schwartzel won mail and absentee ballots by 10.1 points over Oberweis.
Early in person20,846 votes, 23% of the count
Schwartzel31.5%6,576Lauf23.5%4,901Oberweis12.4%2,589Cawthorn9.6%2,001Pedersen7.2%1,505Collins5.8%1,202
Schwartzel won early in person ballots by 8.0 points over Lauf.
Election day27,619 votes, 31% of the count
Lauf29.8%8,218Schwartzel27.2%7,513Oberweis13.1%3,608Cawthorn8.6%2,377Pedersen6.2%1,715Collins5.2%1,442
Lauf won election day ballots by 2.6 points over Schwartzel, though Schwartzel leads the race overall.

Registered voters across the counties in this race: 593,151 in total, 122,949 Democratic, 291,169 Republican, 159,686 unaffiliated or other. Registration is the whole electorate, not the primary electorate, so it sets the scale rather than predicting the result.

What is left to count

2 of 2 counties finished, 2 reporting anything.

Every county with an estimate has counted its expected vote.

Where the vote is coming from

Shaded for whoever leads each county, deeper where the margin is wider. Click one to pin it below.

SchwartzelLaufOberweisCawthornCollinsPedersen

The map is framed on the 2 counties this district covers, with the rest of Florida drawn around them.

Every county

2 counties in this race. Every county has reported something. Click any of them to break it down above.

Live returns from the Decision Desk HQ public results feed. Percentages are the share within this contest. Where a county publishes no precinct count, progress is its counted vote against the expected total, or the feed’s own completion flag, and is labeled as such. Lead confidence describes how much of the vote is still out, not a polling forecast. Results are unofficial until certified.