
Victor Arias
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Representative in Congress, District 19
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Representative in Congress, District 19

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Advocate for criminal justice reform that keeps communities safe while ensuring fairness.
Support small businesses with access to capital, reduced regulatory burden, and workforce training programs tailored to SWFL industries.
Lower grocery prices and cost of living by addressing supply chain bottlenecks and corporate price gouging.
Lowering grocery prices, advocating against corporate price gouging, and creating affordable housing so SWFL workers can live where they work.
Protect SWFL families from rising costs of living by fighting for affordable housing and fair wages.
Our environment is our economy. In Southwest Florida, clean water isn't just an environmental issue — it's an economic lifeline. Red tide events cost our region $164 million or more per event in lost tourism revenue, shuttered businesses, and declining property values.
Victor's Commitments Fight for full federal funding of Everglades restoration and Lake Okeechobee discharge reform. Support research funding to combat red tide and protect our $3.2 billion tourism economy.
Slash red tape at the VA — streamline disability claims processing and reduce wait times for benefits. Expand VA healthcare access in SWFL — more providers, shorter wait times, and better mental health services. Protect veteran housing benefits and expand programs that help veterans transition to civilian homeownership. Support veteran-owned small businesses with access to federal contracting opportunities and SBA resources.
Ensure every family in FL-19 has access to quality public education and after-school programs.
He's running to fight for federal investment in water quality at the source, not just cleanup after the damage is done.
Our environment is our economy. In Southwest Florida, clean water isn't just an environmental issue — it's an economic lifeline. Red tide events cost our region $164 million or more per event in lost tourism revenue, shuttered businesses, and declining property values.
He isn't a career politician. He's running to cut the red tape for veterans, protect Medicare for seniors, and defend the water quality that drives our economy.
Victor's Commitments Fight for full federal funding of Everglades restoration and Lake Okeechobee discharge reform. Support research funding to combat red tide and protect our $3.2 billion tourism economy.
Work with members of both parties to pass legislation that directly benefits Southwest Florida.
Expanding Medicare drug price negotiation, capping out-of-pocket prescription costs, and ending surprise medical billing for our seniors.
Healthcare isn't a privilege, it's a right. Our seniors and families shouldn't have to choose between medicine and another necessity.
Slashing VA red tape, expanding healthcare access, and ensuring 60,000+ FL-19 veterans receive the benefits they earned through service.
In FL-19, 45% of residents are over 55. Many are seniors who moved to Southwest Florida for the sunshine — but they're being squeezed by rising healthcare costs, prescription drug prices, and threats to the Medicare they paid into through a lifetime of work.
Our seniors deserve better. They paid into Medicare their entire working lives. And they deserve to enjoy it, not fear for it — not gutted, not auctioned off to the highest bidder.
Victor's Commitments Protect Medicare and Medicaid — oppose any efforts to cut benefits or increase the eligibility age. Support Medicare's ability to negotiate prescription drug prices and cap out-of-pocket costs. Fight for rural and underserved FL-19 communities with expanded access to healthcare providers. Support community health centers and mobile healthcare services for underserved areas of FL-19.
Back to Home Southwest Florida is home to more than 60,000 veterans — men and women who served our nation and chose to build their lives here. They earned their benefits through sacrifice, and they shouldn't have to fight a bureaucratic war at home to access what they've been promised. Yet too many of our veterans face months-long waits for VA healthcare appointments, mountains of paperwork for disability claims, and a system that seems designed to wear them down rather than lift them up. Victor has met with veteran families across FL-19 who are frustrated, exhausted, and feel forgotten by the system they served. As an attorney who has spent his career cutting through bureaucratic obstacles on behalf of his clients, Victor understands how to navigate complex systems — and how to reform them. He's running to be the advocate in Congress who fights to streamline VA services, expand access to healthcare, and ensure every veteran in FL-19 gets the support they've earned.
He isn't a career politician. He's running to cut the red tape for veterans, protect Medicare for seniors, and defend the water quality that drives our economy.
Slash red tape at the VA — streamline disability claims processing and reduce wait times for benefits. Expand VA healthcare access in SWFL — more providers, shorter wait times, and better mental health services. Protect veteran housing benefits and expand programs that help veterans transition to civilian homeownership. Support veteran-owned small businesses with access to federal contracting opportunities and SBA resources.
Support affordable housing initiatives so workers in our hospitality and service industries can live where they work.
Lowering grocery prices, advocating against corporate price gouging, and creating affordable housing so SWFL workers can live where they work.
Protect SWFL families from rising costs of living by fighting for affordable housing and fair wages.
Slash red tape at the VA — streamline disability claims processing and reduce wait times for benefits. Expand VA healthcare access in SWFL — more providers, shorter wait times, and better mental health services. Protect veteran housing benefits and expand programs that help veterans transition to civilian homeownership. Support veteran-owned small businesses with access to federal contracting opportunities and SBA resources.
Invest in infrastructure that connects our communities — from roads and bridges to broadband and public transit.
Prioritize infrastructure investment — roads, bridges, flood protection, and broadband for FL-19.
Working across the aisle to pass infrastructure funding for roads, bridges, broadband, and hurricane disaster preparedness for FL-19.
In FL-19, 45% of residents are over 55. Many are seniors who moved to Southwest Florida for the sunshine — but they're being squeezed by rising healthcare costs, prescription drug prices, and threats to the Medicare they paid into through a lifetime of work.
Our seniors deserve better. They paid into Medicare their entire working lives. And they deserve to enjoy it, not fear for it — not gutted, not auctioned off to the highest bidder.
Victor's Commitments Protect Medicare and Medicaid — oppose any efforts to cut benefits or increase the eligibility age. Support Medicare's ability to negotiate prescription drug prices and cap out-of-pocket costs. Fight for rural and underserved FL-19 communities with expanded access to healthcare providers. Support community health centers and mobile healthcare services for underserved areas of FL-19.
Fight for federal disaster preparedness and recovery funding for our hurricane-prone coast.
Victor's Commitments Fight for full federal funding of Everglades restoration and Lake Okeechobee discharge reform. Support research funding to combat red tide and protect our $3.2 billion tourism economy.
Slashing VA red tape, expanding healthcare access, and ensuring 60,000+ FL-19 veterans receive the benefits they earned through service.
Back to Home Southwest Florida is home to more than 60,000 veterans — men and women who served our nation and chose to build their lives here. They earned their benefits through sacrifice, and they shouldn't have to fight a bureaucratic war at home to access what they've been promised. Yet too many of our veterans face months-long waits for VA healthcare appointments, mountains of paperwork for disability claims, and a system that seems designed to wear them down rather than lift them up. Victor has met with veteran families across FL-19 who are frustrated, exhausted, and feel forgotten by the system they served. As an attorney who has spent his career cutting through bureaucratic obstacles on behalf of his clients, Victor understands how to navigate complex systems — and how to reform them. He's running to be the advocate in Congress who fights to streamline VA services, expand access to healthcare, and ensure every veteran in FL-19 gets the support they've earned.
He isn't a career politician. He's running to cut the red tape for veterans, protect Medicare for seniors, and defend the water quality that drives our economy.
Slash red tape at the VA — streamline disability claims processing and reduce wait times for benefits. Expand VA healthcare access in SWFL — more providers, shorter wait times, and better mental health services. Protect veteran housing benefits and expand programs that help veterans transition to civilian homeownership. Support veteran-owned small businesses with access to federal contracting opportunities and SBA resources.
Working across the aisle to pass infrastructure funding for roads, bridges, broadband, and hurricane disaster preparedness for FL-19.
Fight for federal disaster preparedness and recovery funding for our hurricane-prone coast.
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Election Day
November 3, 2026
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