Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Ola Nesheswat Hawatmeh

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Florida District 19
Filing address
Kingston, NY (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
HAWATMEH, OLA NESHESWAT
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 H6FL19160 · Principal campaign committee: PEOPLE FOR OLA

Total raised$395,243.25
Total spent$385,530.14
Cash on hand$9,713.11
Debts owed by the campaign$106,265.82
Loans from the candidate$124,000.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 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: $144,741.49PACs and other committees: $7,500.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $124,327.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $116,811.61Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $1,863.15
  • Individual contributions$144,741.4937%
  • PACs and other committees$7,500.002%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$124,327.0031%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$116,811.6130%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,863.150%

Self-funding: $124,327.00 (31% of money raised): $327.00 given and $124,000.00 lent by the candidate. $22,000.00 of loans repaid so far.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$10,866.945%
  • Contributions over $200$219,018.4095%
  • Itemized from inside Florida$137,888.3862%
  • Itemized from other states$84,033.6038%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Virginia $11,735.00. 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

$241K$0 OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $120,809.49OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $8,575.93YEAR-END: raised $133,355.16YEAR-END: spent $64,127.38APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $125,025.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $65,949.03JULY QUARTERLY: raised $8,808.46JULY QUARTERLY: spent $84,701.75PRE-PRIMARY: raised $3,539.11PRE-PRIMARY: spent $68,507.60OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $3,706.03OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $93,668.452025-092025-122026-032026-062026-072026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

3 committees reported giving $9,582.00 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.

The race

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

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Ola Nesheswat Hawatmeh (R)$395,243.25$9,713.112026-09-30
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
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: PEOPLE FOR OLA.
  • 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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