Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 09/25/1961 Birthplace: Fort Lauderdale, FL District: represents FL-25 Political Party: Republican Religion: Catholic Education: Attended, Political Science, University of South Florida, 1979-1982. Last elected in 2006 receiving 60,765 (58.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $719,053 (#275) Spent 37% (#525) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 43% (#358) From PACs 28% (#422) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 9 (#467) Total cost $15,657,000 (#392) Received 9 (#461) Total cost $15,105,500 (#365) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 48% right-wing (#119) Predictable 87% (#419) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 4 times (#303) Avg. length 526 words (#477) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 441 (#440) Introduced 11 (#506) Debated 1 (#493) Enacted 1 (#358) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement National Association of Realtors 87% (7/8 votes) National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes) NAACP 71% (5/7 votes) Public Citizen 70% (7/10 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 64% (9/14 votes) National Association of Home Builders 57% (4/7 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 50% (3/6 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 50% (3/6 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 50% (3/6 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes) AFL-CIO 30% (4/13 votes) American Nurses Association 20% (1/5 votes) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
Handshakes Handshakes are funds that are donated to a politician by a employees of a company, and flow back out to the same company. Earmark Recipient Donations Earmarks Cycle University Of Miami $200 $2000000 2008
Top Contributors Individuals reporting the same zip code who have donated to a lawmaker's political campaign. Use with caution: based on raw FEC data. 1 Robert Namoff $15,200 from June 6, 2003 to October 24, 2007 2 Leoncio E. De La Pena $14,800 from June 30, 2002 to December 28, 2007 3 Joseph Milton $14,200 from July 10, 2002 to November 8, 2007 4 Maximo Alvarez $13,500 from May 17, 2002 to October 29, 2007 5 Jose Navarro $12,700 from February 15, 2006 to October 29, 2007 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Contributor Employers Campaigns disclose the employers of their contributors; this list aggregates them. Use with caution: this list is based on raw FEC data 1 Self $225,755 2 Homemaker $179,880 3 Leon Medical Centers $59,500 4 Retired $41,500 5 Mcm $26,500 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Lobby Contributors New rules require lobbyists to disclose their giving, and giving by the PACs they control. Use with caution: This data compiled from raw filings 1 Craig A. Purser - National Beer Wholesalers Association $5,000 2 Craig A. Purser - National Beer Wholesalers Association $5,000 3 Mrs. Bevin Albertani - Laborers' International Union Of North America $3,000 4 Craig A. Purser - National Beer Wholesalers Association $2,500 5 Government Affairs Department - Air Line Pilots Association $2,500 More lobby contributors → Source: Senate Office of Public Records LD-203 disclosure database; data from 2008.
Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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