Which PACs gave the most to Mario Diaz-Balart?

Hispanic Leadership Trust Partnership ($16K), Lockheed Martin Corporation Employees' Political Action Committee ($14K), Aerovironment, Inc PAC ($14K), National Air Traffic Controllers Association PAC ($13K), Employees of Northrop Grumman Corporation PAC ($13K) in 2024.

How much has Mario Diaz-Balart raised across elections?

$2.4M in 2024 (Florida 26th District), $1.8M in 2022 (Florida 26th District), $1.6M in 2020 (Florida 25th District).

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Politician

Mario Diaz-Balart

Republican · Florida · ran 3 times since 2020, won 3 · incumbent

FEC candidate H2FL25018

Mario Diaz-Balart (Republican) raised $2.4M for the 2024 Florida 26th District race, $1.1M of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $0 for and $0 against them (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2024). They won.

Raised, all runs

$5.8M

2024, 2022, 2020

From PAC checks

51%

$3.0M from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians

Outside money for

Super PACs and party groups helping

Outside money against

Spent attacking them

51% of Mario Diaz-Balart's campaign money came from PAC checks, not from people. That is one of the heaviest reliances on organised money in Congress.

Every run

Each general election, with the money behind it and the result.

Cycle	Race	Raised	PAC share	Outside for / against	Google ads	All money	Result
2024	Florida 26th District	$2.4M	45%	$0 / $0	$4K	$2.4M	✓ Won
2022	Florida 26th District	$1.8M	49%	$0 / $0	$65K	$1.8M	✓ Won
2020	Florida 25th District	$1.6M	62%	$0 / $0	–	$1.6M	✓ Won

Who wrote the checks

The PACs that gave the most across every run, and what kind of money it is.

Corporate $1.6MTrade group $563KUnion $377KOther $280KLeadership PAC $132KMembership $105KSuper PAC $1K

National Air Traffic Controllers Association PACUnionLobbyist PAC$24K
Engineers Political Education Committee (Epec)/International Union of Operating EngineersUnionLobbyist PAC$22K
Republican Governance Group/Tuesday Group PACOther$20K
Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America, Inc. Political Action CommitteeTrade groupLobbyist PAC$20K
Hispanic Leadership Trust PartnershipOther$16K
Florida East Coast Industries, LLC Good Government CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$15K
Embraer Aircraft Holding Inc Political Action Committee (Embraer PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$15K
Lockheed Martin Corporation Employees' Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$14K
Aerovironment, Inc PACCorporateLobbyist PAC$14K
Bae Systems Inc. Political Action Committee (Bae Systems USA PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$13K
Employees of Northrop Grumman Corporation PACCorporateLobbyist PAC$13K
National Beer Wholesalers Association Political Action CommitteeTrade groupLobbyist PAC$13K

Outside money, for and against

Super PACs and party groups that spent the most on these races.

No outside spending of note.

The payback

How they voted on their funders' bills

On the 30 key votes where Mario Diaz-Balart had taken $10K+ from the industry with a stake, they voted the industry's way 25 times (83%). Money is PAC checks plus credited super PAC support across every run since 2020; “with industry” is the vote the industry lobbied for.

All issues →

Vote	Industry	Their money from it	Voted
NDAA FY2027House · 2026 · 216–212	Defense contractors wanted yea	$238K	Yea · with industry
Stop Insider Trading ActHouse · 2026 · 232–198	Members who trade stocks wanted nay	$50K	Yea · against
Faster Labor Contracts ActHouse · 2026 · 230–193	Labor unions wanted yea	$413K	Nay · against
Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection ActHouse · 2026 · 216–201	Gun lobby wanted yea	$4K	Yea · with industry
Year-round E15House · 2026 · 218–203	Agriculture, food and retail wanted yeaOil, gas and coal wanted nay	$332K$49K	Nay · againstNay · with industry
Farm, Food, and National Security ActHouse · 2026 · 224–200	Agriculture, food and retail wanted yea	$332K	Yea · with industry
Affordable HOMES ActHouse · 2026 · 263–147	Real estate and construction wanted yea	$133K	Yea · with industry
Protect America's Workforce ActHouse · 2025 · 231–195	Labor unions wanted yea	$413K	Present
ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 · 217–209	Oil, gas and coal wanted yea	$49K	Yea · with industry
NDAA FY2026House · 2025 · 231–196	Defense contractors wanted yea	$238K	Yea · with industry
GENIUS Act (stablecoins)House · 2025 · 308–122	Crypto wanted yea	–	Yea · with industry
CLARITY Act (crypto market structure)House · 2025 · 294–134	Crypto wanted yea	–	Yea · with industry
One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 · 218–214	Oil, gas and coal wanted yeaWall Street and hedge funds wanted yea	$49K$36K	Yea · with industryYea · with industry
OCC bank merger rule repealHouse · 2025 · 220–207	Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea	$36K	Yea · with industry
California clean cars waiver repealHouse · 2025 · 246–164	Oil, gas and coal wanted yea	$49K	Yea · with industry
CFPB overdraft rule repealHouse · 2025 · 217–211	Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea	$36K	Yea · with industry
IRS DeFi broker rule repealHouse · 2025 · 292–132	Crypto wanted yea	–	Yea · with industry
Methane waste emissions charge repealHouse · 2025 · 220–206	Oil, gas and coal wanted yea	$49K	Yea · with industry
FIT21 (crypto market structure)House · 2024 · 279–136	Crypto wanted yea	–	Yea · with industry
Israel Security Assistance Support ActHouse · 2024 · 224–187	Pro-Israel groups wanted yea	$36K	Yea · with industry
SAB 121 repealHouse · 2024 · 228–182	Crypto wanted yea	–	Yea · with industry
Antisemitism Awareness ActHouse · 2024 · 320–91	Pro-Israel groups wanted yea	$36K	Present
Israel security supplemental (Apr 2024)House · 2024 · 366–58	Pro-Israel groups wanted yea	$36K	Yea · with industry
Ukraine security supplementalHouse · 2024 · 311–112	Defense contractors wanted yea	$238K	Yea · with industry
Protecting Health Care for All Patients ActHouse · 2024 · 211–208	Pharma and health care wanted yea	$46K	Yea · with industry
Joint-employer rule repealHouse · 2024 · 206–177	Labor unions wanted nay	$413K	Yea · against
NDAA FY2024House · 2023 · 310–118	Defense contractors wanted yea	$238K	Yea · with industry
Israel aid (Nov 2023)House · 2023 · 226–196	Pro-Israel groups wanted yea	$36K	Yea · with industry
Pistol brace rule repealHouse · 2023 · 219–210	Gun lobby wanted yea	$4K	Yea · with industry
Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 · 225–204	Oil, gas and coal wanted yea	$49K	Yea · with industry
Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 · 221–205	Oil, gas and coal wanted yea	$49K	Yea · with industry
Merger Filing Fee Modernization ActHouse · 2022 · 242–184	Tech and AI wanted nay	$151K	Nay · with industry
Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 · 220–207	Oil, gas and coal wanted nayPharma and health care wanted nayWall Street and hedge funds wanted nay	$49K$46K$36K	Nay · with industryNay · with industryNay · with industry
Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 · 217–213	Gun lobby wanted nay	$4K	Nay · with industry
Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 · 234–193	Gun lobby wanted nay	$4K	Nay · with industry
Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 · 232–193	Pharma and health care wanted nay	$46K	Nay · with industry
Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203	Gun lobby wanted nay	$4K	Nay · with industry
PRO Act (union organising)House · 2021 · 225–206	Labor unions wanted yea	$413K	Nay · against

Their own portfolio

1 stock trades, worth $50K–$100K

Reported under the STOCK Act from 1 filings since 2021, including trades by a spouse or dependent child. 0 buys, 1 sells.

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Most traded

Latest trades

sellMDLIVE,INC. LOCATION: US2021-04-22 · private stock · spouse$50K–$100K

Filings on the House Clerk's site.

The revolving door

5 former aides now lobbying

Lobbyists who list a job in Mario Diaz-Balart's office among the government positions they held, and who they now work for. A former staffer gets the meeting.

Christina McGarry DavidFormer congressional staff
Legislative Assistant / Scheduler, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart; Intern, Rep. Doc Hastings
Now lobbies for Lockheed Martin Corporation, Comcast Corporation, Tsmc Arizona, American Airlines, INC. and 8 more · via Penn Avenue Partners
Charles CooperFormer congressional staff
Chief of Staff, Rep. Adam Putnam; Policy Director, House Republican Conference, Staff Director, Republican Policy Committee; LD, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart; LA, …
Now lobbies for Peopleforbikes, National Industries For The Blind, Publix Super Markets, INC., American Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals and 1 more · via Brumidi Group, Signal Group Consulting, LLC
Christopher SweetFormer congressional staff
Deputy Chief of Staff, Legislative Director - Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart
Now lobbies for Global Digital Asset & Cryptocurrency Association D.B.A Global Dca, The Cigna Group And Subsidiaries, Gambit Defense, INC · via Atlas Crossing LLC
Omar FrancoFormer congressional staff
Chief of Staff, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart
Now lobbies for Hp INC. · via Becker & Poliakoff, P.A.
Alexander SuttonFormer executive branch
Professional Staff Member, U.S. Representative Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL 25) (2023-2024)
Now lobbies for American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network INC

The revolving door, industry by industry →

Figures are the candidate's principal committees as filed with the FEC, cycle by cycle. See About the data.

Questions people ask

Who funded Mario Diaz-Balart's 2024 campaign?: Mario Diaz-Balart (Republican) raised $2.4M for the 2024 Florida 26th District race, $1.1M of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $0 for and $0 against them (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2024). They won.
Which PACs gave the most to Mario Diaz-Balart?: Hispanic Leadership Trust Partnership ($16K), Lockheed Martin Corporation Employees' Political Action Committee ($14K), Aerovironment, Inc PAC ($14K), National Air Traffic Controllers Association PAC ($13K), Employees of Northrop Grumman Corporation PAC ($13K) in 2024.
How much has Mario Diaz-Balart raised across elections?: $2.4M in 2024 (Florida 26th District), $1.8M in 2022 (Florida 26th District), $1.6M in 2020 (Florida 25th District).