Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

James Oberweis

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Florida District 19
Filing address
Bonita Springs, FL (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
OBERWEIS, JAMES MR.
Next election
Primary August 18, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Florida with the 2026 district highlighted

Florida, District 19

RepublicanU.S. House · Florida District 19Open seatLost primary

FEC candidate ID H6FL19129 · Principal campaign committee: OBERWEIS FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$5,442,627.42
Total spent$3,703,960.33
Cash on hand$1,738,667.09
Debts owed by the campaign$5,005,000.00
Loans from the candidate$5,005,000.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $313,843.66PACs and other committees: $9,750.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $5,007,095.86Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $2,000.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $109,937.90
  • Individual contributions$313,843.666%
  • PACs and other committees$9,750.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$5,007,095.8692%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$2,000.000%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$109,937.902%

Self-funding: $5,007,095.86 (92% of money raised): $2,095.86 given and $5,005,000.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$19,960.676%
  • Contributions over $200$293,180.9894%
  • Itemized from inside Florida$181,996.4162%
  • Itemized from other states$112,178.1538%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Illinois $51,502.54 · California $18,227.50. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$3M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $2,013,625.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $0.99JULY QUARTERLY: raised $104,850.28JULY QUARTERLY: spent $189,285.15OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $561,439.33OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $85,498.65YEAR-END: raised $678,671.28YEAR-END: spent $141,691.23APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $1,002,409.69APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $979,920.83JULY QUARTERLY: raised $957,821.23JULY QUARTERLY: spent $1,312,464.86PRE-PRIMARY: raised $7,323.05PRE-PRIMARY: spent $372,747.09OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $116,467.56OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $622,351.532025-032025-092026-032026-07

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

1 committee reported giving $2,500.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting James Oberweis$0.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing James Oberweis$23,845.63

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Florida U.S. House, District 19, 2026 · 21 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
James Oberweis (R)$5,442,627.42$1,738,667.092026-10-14
Chris Collins (R)$3,410,000.00$0.002026-08-20
Jim Schwartzel (R)$2,828,902.86$506,211.412026-10-14
Catalina Lauf (R)$1,996,710.75$6,835.122026-09-30
Madison Cawthorn (R)$875,815.66$2,269.202026-09-30
Byron Donalds (R)$738,092.00$237,583.342026-09-30
Ola Nesheswat Hawatmeh (R)$395,243.25$9,713.112026-09-30
John Strand (R)$144,110.37$2,084.502026-09-30
Mike Pedersen (R)$76,178.00$0.002026-10-15
Victor M. Arias (D)$69,983.08$15,417.152026-10-14

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RMay 5, 2026
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RApril 10, 2025
  • The EconomistSafe RMay 6, 2026

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: OBERWEIS FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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