Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past 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
General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 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 25IncumbentGeneral-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$1,597,458.73
Total spent$811,378.83
Cash on hand$933,243.79
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, 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: $603,565.79PACs and other committees: $986,568.57Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $7,324.37
  • Individual contributions$603,565.7938%
  • PACs and other committees$986,568.5762%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$7,324.370%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

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

PAC and committee contributors

223 committees reported giving $973,550.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Mario Diaz-Balart$1,000.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Mario Diaz-Balart$0.00

FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Florida U.S. House, District 25, 2020 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Mario Diaz-Balart (R)$1,597,458.73$933,243.792020-12-31
Yadira Escobar (D)$2,196.90$0.002020-06-30
Stewart Alan Persky (R)$1,346.00$136.002020-03-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSafe RJuly 2, 2020
  • FiveThirtyEightSafe ROctober 15, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsSafe RJune 2, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RJuly 2, 2020
  • PoliticoSafe RSeptember 9, 2020
  • Daily KosSafe RJune 3, 2020
  • RCPSafe ROctober 15, 2020
  • NiskanenSafe RJune 7, 2020

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida (retrieved October 23, 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 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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