Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Mario Diaz-Balart

Official portrait of Mario Diaz-Balart
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Florida’s 26th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Miami, FL
Born
1961
In Congress
House since 2003 · 23 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
DIAZ-BALART, MARIO
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 current district highlighted

Florida, District 26

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · Florida District 26IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H2FL25018 · Principal campaign committee: MARIO DIAZ-BALART FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Florida District 26$2,606,687.10General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Florida District 26$2,363,025.68Won the general election (70.9%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Florida District 26$1,823,501.56Won the general election (70.9%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Florida District 25$1,597,458.73General-election nominee
Total raised$2,606,687.10
Total spent$2,354,822.03
Cash on hand$2,071,185.27
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

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: $1,530,988.19PACs and other committees: $1,066,400.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $5,943.06Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $3,355.85
  • Individual contributions$1,530,988.1959%
  • PACs and other committees$1,066,400.0041%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$5,943.060%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$3,355.850%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$5,202.660%
  • Contributions over $200$1,212,150.76100%
  • Itemized from inside Florida$444,229.0037%
  • Itemized from other states$769,671.7663%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $199,500.00 · Virginia $120,630.76 · District of Columbia $94,300.00 · Colorado $65,750.00 · New York $65,750.00. 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

$2.5M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $347,790.44APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $410,486.75JULY QUARTERLY: raised $215,020.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $91,648.97OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $285,896.06OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $132,920.86YEAR-END: raised $327,081.10YEAR-END: spent $277,220.90APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $341,767.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $187,686.28JULY QUARTERLY: raised $384,691.59JULY QUARTERLY: spent $169,172.55PRE-PRIMARY: raised $158,535.76PRE-PRIMARY: spent $72,262.68OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $545,905.15OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $1,013,423.042025-032025-092026-032026-07

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea496
Voted nay152
Did not vote26 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored12
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored79

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10257 To require the United States Postal Service to designate ZIP Codes for certain communities.
    Introduced Sep 3, 2026 · Latest action Sep 3, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • H.Res. 1440 Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the city of Miami Springs, Florida.
    Introduced Jul 20, 2026 · Latest action Jul 20, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • H.R. 8595 Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Apr 30, 2026 · Latest action Jul 29, 2026: Received in the Senate.
  • H.R. 4779 National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026
    Introduced Jul 25, 2025 · Latest action Jul 25, 2025: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 177.
  • H.R. 4558 To designate the area between the intersections of 16th Street Northwest and Fuller Street Northwest and 16th Street Northwest and Euclid Street Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as "Oswaldo Payá Way".
    Introduced Jul 21, 2025 · Latest action Jul 21, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • H.R. 4397 Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2025
    Introduced Jul 15, 2025 · Latest action Dec 3, 2025: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 35 - 14.
  • H.R. 3958 To require the United States Postal Service to notify postal customers and relevant officials when operations are temporarily suspended at a post office, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Jun 12, 2025 · Latest action Jun 12, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • H.R. 3583 To amend title 4, United States Code, to ensure that a funeral honors detail recites the 13 Folds of Honor when presenting a flag of the United States in connection with the death of a member of the Armed Forces or veteran.
    Introduced May 23, 2025 · Latest action May 23, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.Res. 325 Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the city of Hialeah, Florida.
    Introduced Apr 10, 2025 · Latest action Apr 10, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • H.R. 1299 EAGLES Act of 2025
    Introduced Feb 13, 2025 · Latest action Feb 13, 2025: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Sp…

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

233 committees reported giving $964,278.00 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.

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The race

Florida U.S. House, District 26, 2026 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Mario Diaz-Balart (R)$2,606,687.10$2,071,185.272026-09-30
Nicole Locklin (D)$599,526.70$109,989.782026-10-14
Yurina Gil (D)$38,587.56$17,079.252026-06-30
Deborah Ann Meidinger Hosey (NPA)$10,780.11$2,375.402026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQLikely RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RMay 5, 2026
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RApril 10, 2025
  • The EconomistLikely 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: MARIO DIAZ-BALART 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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