District: Florida - 25th District Political Highlights: Fla. House, 1988-92; Fla. Senate, 1992-00; Fla. House, 2000-2002 Born: September 25, 1961; Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Residence: Miami Religion: Roman Catholic Family: Wife, Tia Diaz-Balart; one child Education: U. of South Florida, attended 1979-82 Elected: 2002 Committee Assignments: Appropriations (Defense; State-Foreign Operations; Transportation-HUD - Ranking Member) Social Media:
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District Rating: Safe Republican House Seniority: 46th ranked House Republican Twitter: 72,010 followers
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
2002 Election Results
Candidate
Mario Diaz-Balart (R) Annie Betancourt (D)
Votes
81,845 44,757
%
64.7% 35.4%
2004 Election Results
Candidate
Mario Diaz-Balart (R)
Votes
0
%
0.0%
2006 Election Results
Candidate
Mario Diaz-Balart (R) Michael Calderin (D)
Votes
60,765 43,168
%
58.5% 41.5%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
Mario Diaz-Balart (R) Joe Garcia (D)
Votes
130,891 115,820
%
53.1% 46.9%
2010 Election Results
Candidate
Mario Diaz-Balart (R)
Votes
0
%
0.0%
2012 Election Results
Candidate
Mario Diaz-Balart (R) Stanley Blumenthal (NPA) voteforeddie.com (NPA)