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U.S. Representative · Florida 26th District
Mario Diaz-Balart
RepublicanDistrict R+16119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score71#60 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Mario Diaz-Balart’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office374 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0926
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Democrats · 3 signals
- MediumBacks 2 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 2 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 1993, H.R. 8205.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1993 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 8205 Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Reauthorization Act of 2026
- Medium16th most moderate of 219 House RepublicansDW-NOMINATE +0.282 vs. the House Republican median of +0.530: 0.248 toward the Democrats (rank 16 of 219 by distance toward the Democrats).
- WeakHeritage Action 72 vs. House Republican avg 86Heritage Action (119th Congress, higher = more conservative) scored this member 72; the House Republican average is 86.5 (n=217). That is 14 points toward the Democrats.
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 23.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on AppropriationsVice ChairMajority · 7th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Defense
- Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related ProgramsChair
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
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Diaz-Balart← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.282 is 0.25 to the left of the House Republican median (+0.530).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Republican average- 119th Congress72House Republican average: 86 (n=217)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1–50 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 7147Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | YeaProjected: 82 Swing | 82 |