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Jim Schwartzel
Jim Schwartzel (Republican Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 19th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.[source]
Schwartzel completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jim Schwartzel was born in Naples, Florida. He earned a high school diploma from Bishop Verot High School and a bachelor's degree from Stetson University in 1998. Schwartzel's career experience includes working as a business owner and president.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: Florida's 19th Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for U.S. House Florida District 19
The following candidates are running in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 19 on November 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | Howard Sapp (D) | |
 | John Fratto (R) | |
 | Ola Hawatmeh (R) | |
 | Dylan Modarelli (R)  | |
 | Jim Oberweis (R) | |
 | Mike Pedersen (R) | |
 | Jim Schwartzel (R) | |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Byron Donalds (R)
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Jim Schwartzel completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Schwartzel's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Jim is a successful businessman, not a politician, and a conservative firebrand. Jim owns and operates 92.5 FOX News, one of the Nation’s top-rated conservative talk radio stations. Through this powerful platform, he has amplified the voices of patriots, like Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and the late Rush Limbaugh, backed law enforcement and consistently stands against the radical agendas of the progressive Left.
Jim is running for Congress to give President Donald J. Trump the support he needs and to fight for the conservative values that make Southwest Florida strong. He’s not a career politician with ambitions for higher office—like President Trump, he’s a straight-talking outsider who’s fed up with the D.C. swamp ignoring real Americans.
Jim Schwartzel is a rock-solid conservative, an outsider, and a fighter Southwest Florida can count on to deliver real solutions and be their strong conservative voice in Congress.- Washington is Broken—We Need Business Leaders, Not Bureaucrats
- The DC Swamp has lied to Americans for decades. They’ve wasted our tax dollars, sent our jobs overseas, and sold out America to the highest bidder.
- Washington politicians have never had to balance a budget, meet a payroll, or deal with the burdens of overregulation—they spend your money and ask for more.
- As a businessman, I know you can't run a successful business like Washington runs our country—with endless debt, reckless spending, and zero accountability.
- I will fight to drain the swamp by putting America First—not China, not Ukraine, not the corrupt Washington elite. - Border Security, Law and Order & Strong Foreign Policy - No nation can survive without borders—I will support Trump’s policies to secure the border, deport illegal immigrants, and finish the wall. - Crime is skyrocketing because soft-on-crime liberals refuse to enforce the law—I will stand with law enforcement and back the blue. - We need law and order, not woke prosecutors letting criminals run free. - Biden's foreign policy was weak, and the world knew—that’s why China, Russia, and Iran were getting bolder. I support Trump in building the strongest military in the world. - No more endless wars—I will make sure our troops are defended, not deployed to fight pointless wars that benefit no one but the Washington war machine.
- America First Economy—Bring Back Jobs, End Foreign Dependence - We don’t need more government programs—we need more good-paying jobs right here in Florida. - I will fight for Trump-style tax cuts that reward hard work and keep businesses in America. - Made in America should mean something again—I will stand with American workers. - Under Trump, America was energy independent—under Biden, we’re begging dictators, radical Islamics and communists for oil. - I will fight to restore American energy dominance, so we never have to depend on hostile nations for oil and gas. - Lower energy costs mean lower prices for everything- I will make sure Florida families aren’t crushed by skyrocketing fuel prices.
I will cut funding to schools that push gender ideology and leftist propaganda and support parents' right to choose the best schools for their children.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 18, 2025
