Mario Diaz-BalartIncumbent

Candidate for U.S. Representative, Florida District 26

Mario Diaz-Balart was first elected to Congress in 2002 and is serving his 12th term. He is Vice Chair of the House Committee on Appropriations, chairs its National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Subcommittee, and is a member of the Defense Subcommittee. He is also the dean of Florida's congressional delegation and a deputy whip. Before Congress he served in both the Florida House and the Florida Senate, and he chaired the Appropriations Committee in the Florida Legislature. Born in Fort Lauderdale, he studied political science at the University of South Florida in Tampa.

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