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Mario Diaz-Balart

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 25, 1961 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Education:

  • Attended University of South Florida, 1982

Career:

  • Asst. to Miami Mayor Xavier Suarez, 1985-1988
  • Public relations executive

Elected Office:

  • FL House, 1988-1992, 2000-2002
  • FL Senate, 1992-2000


Election Results for Mario Diaz-Balart


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2002 40 FL R U.S. House District 25 General 1 81,845 64.6%
2004 42 FL R U.S. House District 25 General 1 0 0.0%
2006 44 FL R U.S. House District 25 General 1 60,765 58.5%
2008 46 FL R U.S. House District 25 General 1 130,891 53.1%
2010 48 FL R U.S. House District 21 General 1 0 0.0%
2012 50 FL R U.S. House District 25 General 1 151,466 75.6%
2014 52 FL R U.S. House District 25 General 1 0 0.0%
2016 54 FL R U.S. House District 25 General 1 157,921 62.4%
2018 56 FL R U.S. House District 25 General 1 128,672 60.5%
2020 58 FL R U.S. House District 25 General 1 0 0.0%
2022 60 FL R U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 36,861 84.3%
2022 60 FL R U.S. House District 26 General 1 143,240 70.9%
2024 62 FL R U.S. House District 26 General 1 217,199 70.9%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Mario Diaz-Balart


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
2003 41 House 97 3 R 98 2 99 5 92
2004 42 House 92 6 R 88 9 97 5 96
2005 43 House 83 5 R 74 13 85 6 91
2006 44 House 86 9 R 91 8 96 15 64
2007 45 House 83 16 R 65 34 99 25 60
2008 46 House 76 19 R 37 54 95 61 52
2009 47 House 73 26 D 45 54 98 45 72
2010 48 House 84 13 D 41 59 95 20 79
2011 49 House 84 10 D 28 64 92 20 54
2012 50 House 84 13 D 20 76 98 5 60
2013 51 House 83 8 D 19 76 92 5 52
2014 52 House 86 12 D 17 82 98 5 44
2015 53 House 87 12 D 16 84 98 0 42
2016 54 House 88 9 D 11 89 97 11 38
2017 55 House 81 5 R 83 8 88 11 58
2018 56 House 93 5 R 93 7 98 17 46
2019 57 House 82 18 R 92 8 99 25 55
2020 58 House 84 9 R 86 11 94 15 61
2021 59 House 90 8 D 22 78 98 0 64
2022 60 House 86 12 D 33 63 98 65
2023 61 House 78 21 D 99 60
2024 62 House 69 17 D 83 82
Lifetime conservative rating:   63%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.