Candidate · November 3, 2026

Victor Arias

On the ballot for U.S. House · Florida's 19th District

DemocratOpen seat
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$70K
cash on hand
$15K
issues with public statements
4

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

OfficeU.S. House · Florida's 19th District1,2,3
Party on the ballotDemocrat1,2,4
StatusOpen seat — no incumbent is running for this seat.
Also on the ballot

§2Who they are

Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Victor Arias, an attorney, has owned Arias Law Firm since 1992 and serves as its managing attorney.5,6 Earlier he worked as a staff attorney for the school districts of Lee County and St. Lucie County.5,6

Why they say they're running

His campaign website says he is running to offer voters in Florida's 19th Congressional District his legal experience and the priorities he has published.6

Websites and accounts

§3What they've said on the issues

Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.

Infrastructure and Transportation

His campaign website lists investing in infrastructure among his published priorities, and a separate Victor Arias Explains guide says federal investment in roads, bridges, flood protection and broadband is a priority of his platform.8,9

A separate Victor Arias Explains guide says his platform covers hurricane-preparedness resources and federal infrastructure for Southwest Florida, along with disaster-preparedness and recovery funding.9,10

Technology, Privacy and AI

A separate Victor Arias Explains guide says his platform prioritizes federal investment in broadband, along with roads, bridges and flood protection.9

Social Security and Medicare

A separate Victor Arias Explains guide says his published platform supports broadening Medicare's negotiation of drug prices and limiting what patients pay out of pocket for prescriptions.11

  1. Repeal or scale back negotiation
  2. Keep the program as it is
  3. Expand it to more drugs and to people with private insurance
Marked: the option their statement matches.

§4Money

Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.

Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.12

Raised$69,983
Spent$54,566
Cash on hand$15,417
Debts owed by the campaign$36,454

Where the money came from

Individual donors$31K · 45%
Political party committees$75 · 0%
The candidate's own money (gifts and loans)$39K · 55%

§5Financial disclosures

Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.