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U.S. Representative for Florida’s 26th District

Mario Diaz-Balart

Republican 12th term Up 2026 Chair · Appropriations

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$2.8M raised · top PACs: Aar, American Crystal Sugar Compay, Bae Systems Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 14 of 50 party-line votes (28%; most Republicans: 7%)
96LoyaltyMed 98
96AttendMed 98
16BipartMed 12
20BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2003–now
23 years in CongressMore senior than 90% of the House
Committees
  • Appropriations 7th majority
Age
65

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 4, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date2601227967420
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—1611431,235139

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Armed Forces and National Security 26% 8%
International Affairs 8% 25%
Government Operations and Politics 32% 50%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Armed Forces and National Security and Transportation and Public Works; bills go to Government Operations and Politics and International Affairs.

  • He talks most about: Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Press Freedom (International Affairs).
  • 12 bills sponsored, most on Government Operations and Politics.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairNational Security, Department of State, and Related Programs SubcommitteeAppropriations
Vice chairAppropriations CommitteeFull committee

Chair of the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Subcommittee, more senior than 90% of the House, in the majority.

  • 23 years in Congress: more senior than 90% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

13% · peer median 13%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Diaz-Balart.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

13% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 13%); closest in his party: Johnson and Calvert.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 10 · expected 17.5
Action in committee 4 · expected 6
Beyond committee 4 · expected 4.5
Passed House 2 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 183 of 433 in the House

0.81expected 1.16 · average member 1.00

2 of 10 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.81 against a peer median of 1.16.

  • On the move: H.R. 8595 (passed a chamber), H.R. 4397 (out of committee), H.R. 4779 (out of committee).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.28
International Affairs1 of 13

With his party on the other 11 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 96% of party-line votes, breaks 20 times (peer median 11), most on International Affairs.

  • Position: +0.28, outside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 14 of 50, International Affairs 1 of 13, Environmental Protection 1 of 25.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Diaz-Balart$2.8M raised57%42%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

57% of what he raised came from individuals; under 1% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$2.8M raised, 42% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 41.8 points.

59 PACs of the 166 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Budget/Appropriations, Taxation and Defense.

  1. Aar39% D
  2. American Crystal Sugar Compay56% D
  3. Bae Systems32% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

86 bills

Diaz-Balart voted Yea on 62, Nay on 4, did not vote on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 19 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.