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United States House of Representatives
Mario Diaz-Balart
US Representative
Republican
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
0
/ 100
F
Raw: -9 of 32 dynamic max
· 16 of 50 answered
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-35
foreign-influence adjustment
Last verified: · from claim evidence
✝ God First
16/ 60
🇺🇸 America First
10/ 40
National Rank
#8,887 of 9,024 · bottom 1.5% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Foreign-lobby money compromises America First. The U.S. has no formal mutual-defense treaty with Israel; AIPAC operates a super-PAC (United Democracy Project) that spent over $100M during the 2024 cycle on independent expenditures against U.S. candidates who criticize Israeli government policy. A candidate who has accepted that money has, in their own revealed preference, accepted a foreign-policy filter on their congressional vote. The same logic covers China-linked donations, where federal law also prohibits CCP members from contributing.
For every candidate with a documented donor record, two things happen: (1) the specific category question is marked False (foreign_policy_restraint[q4] for AIPAC + China; economic_stewardship[q5] — the WEF/ESG/Davos capture question — for Soros-network donors), so the per-category subscore drops by 2 points; (2) an additional dollar-bracket adjustment is applied to the total, making the penalty proportional to the magnitude of the funding. Both impacts are visible on this page.
Base score 26/100 → Adjusted -9/100
- AIPAC / pro-Israel-lobby contributions-35TrackAIPAC career-total report shows $1,025,451 from AIPAC and pro-Israel-lobby PACs.AIPAC operates a super-PAC (United Democracy Project) that spent over $100M during the 2024 cycle on independent expenditures targeting U.S. candidates who criticize Israeli government policy. The U.S. has no formal mutual-defense treaty with Israel. RESOLUTE Citizen treats documented AIPAC contributions as a failure on foreign_policy_restraint/q4 (the foreign-lobby question) AND applies a dollar-bracket adjustment to the total score.
Contact This Official
📍 Local district offices (2)
Doral, FL · 305-470-8555 · 8669 NW. 36th St., Suite 100 33166
Naples, FL · 239-348-1620 · 4715 Golden Gate Pkwy., Suite 1 34116
Reach out directly. Your voice matters. Proverbs 29:2 — When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice.
Next Election
November 3, 2026
General · Seat up at next election
— until
Registration deadline: 2026-10-05
Early voting: 2026-10-22 – 2026-11-01
State elections office: (850) 245-6200
Voter status: Check registration
State elections site: Florida Division of Elections
Official Profile
Religion: Roman Catholic
Background: US Representative since 2003 (FL-26). Cuban-American; FL House/Senate 1988-2002; B.A.-track political science studies, University of South Florida. Senior appropriator — chairs State-Foreign-Ops appropriations subcommittee. Heritage Action 64% (119th), 51% lifetime — well below prior 75-85% estimate.
X / Twitter: @MarioDB
Cuban-American appropriations 'cardinal' (chairs State-Foreign-Ops subcommittee). Reliable on life/guns/elections: Yea Born-Alive, Nay WHPA, Nay 2022 AWB, Nay Equality Act, Yea SAVE Act (both), Yea HR 2, Yea Laken Riley, Yea Parents Bill of Rights, Yea women's-sports protection (HR 28, 2025), Yea CBDC ban, Yea concealed-carry reciprocity (2017); SBA credits pro-life riders in his approps bills. Heritage Action 64% session / 51% lifetime — NOT the 75-85% previously recorded; spending votes drag it (though Nay on FY23 $1.7T omnibus; Yea on 2023 Fiscal Responsibility Act debt deal). KEY DEVIATIONS: Yea on RFMA initial passage July 2022 before Dec flip to Nay citing religious-liberty safeguards; Yea on American Dream and Promise Act (2021, 1 of 9 Rs) — longtime Dreamer-pathway advocate, DIGNIDAD Act co-sponsor. Foreign-aid bill author; heavy pro-Israel-lobby backing (TrackAIPAC red-card; on-file ~$1.03M career figure not independently re-verified this pass). Cuba/Venezuela maximum-pressure hawk. Roman Catholic.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
1 claim
Rated 100% by the National Right to Life Committee; stated 'I will always support pro-life protections and ensure no taxpayer funds are spent to promote or perform abortions,' and secured long-standing life-protection provisions in the FY2025 State and Foreign Operations appropriations bill he authored.
- BallotpediaCenter
- Vote Smart — Just FactsReference
Candidate has voted for or actively advocates abortion abolition (not merely restrictions)
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
Not yet verified
FEC / OpenSecrets search found no Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC contributions (as of the cited search date)
Not yet verified
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
Candidate rejects transgender ideology and affirms biological sex (male/female) as immutable and God-given
TRUE (+2)[7]
Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in public policy, schools, military, and corporate-government partnerships
TRUE (+2)[8]
Candidate supports universal school choice, homeschool freedom, and opposes compulsory public-school attendance
Not yet verified
Candidate supports parental notification and consent on all medical, mental-health, and gender-related interventions for minors
TRUE (+2)[9]
Candidate opposes CRT, SOGI, "comprehensive sex ed," and gender-ideology curricula in K-12 public schools
Not yet verified
Candidate supports age-verification on pornographic content and criminal penalties for sexualized content marketed to minors
Not yet verified
Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
Not yet verified
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
TRUE (+2)[6]
Candidate opposes compelled speech against Christian conviction (pronoun mandates, gospel-proclamation hate-speech laws)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports public-square Christian symbols, prayer in public bodies, and Sabbath/Sunday closure protections
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays, curricula, or holidays in public institutions
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and supports cash and decentralized crypto as legal tender
TRUE (+2)[10]
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes deficit spending and supports a balanced-budget constitutional amendment
Not yet verified
Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes WEF/ESG/Davos economic capture and supports anti-trust action against monopolistic financial cartels
Not yet verified
Candidate supports hand-counted paper ballots and opposes electronic voting machines
Not yet verified
Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
TRUE (+2)[13]
Candidate opposes private election funding ("Zuckerbucks") and foreign-government election interference
Not yet verified
Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
TRUE (+2)[14]
Candidate supports mandatory deportation of all illegal aliens, including those who entered as minors
1 claim
In the 119th Congress (2025–2026), Diaz-Balart is a cosponsor of the DIGNIDAD Act (H.R. 4393), which establishes a 7-year renewable 'Dignity Program' deferring deportation for eligible undocumented immigrants who meet employment or education requirements and pay restitution, and creates a pathway to lawful permanent residency for DACA recipients — providing legal status rather than mandatory deportation for millions of undocumented individuals.
- Congress.govOfficial
- presidentialprayerteam.orgUnclassified
Candidate opposes sanctuary city/state policies and supports federal preemption against them
Not yet verified
Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
TRUE (+2)[14]
Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
Not yet verified
Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
TRUE (+2)[17]
Candidate opposes red-flag laws, magazine limits, "assault weapons" bans, and gun registries
Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
Not yet verified
Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
Not yet verified
Candidate supports Article I congressional war-powers requirement before any U.S. military action
Not yet verified
Candidate supports immediate withdrawal from forever wars and repeal of standing AUMFs
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes foreign aid to nations hostile to U.S. interests or actively persecuting Christians
TRUE (+2)
1 claim
The leading Congressional voice against U.S. assistance to the hostile communist regimes of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua; co-chairs the Cuba Democracy Caucus, consistently advocating sanctions rather than normalization or foreign aid to governments that persecute their citizens and threaten U.S. interests.
- WikipediaEncyclopedia
- Congress.govOfficial
TrackAIPAC / FEC / OpenSecrets search found no AIPAC, pro-Israel-lobby, or foreign-linked PAC contributions (as of the cited search date)
Candidate opposes U.S. participation in WHO, U.N. governance overreach, NATO expansion, and supranational governance
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes pharmaceutical mandates of any kind (COVID, childhood, employer-required) and supports informed consent
Not yet verified
Candidate supports repeal of pharma liability shields (1986 NCVIA, PREP Act) and restoration of tort accountability
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes Big Ag consolidation (Bayer/Monsanto/Cargill) and supports anti-trust action against agricultural cartels
Not yet verified
Candidate supports raw-milk freedom, small-farm protections, and opposes USDA / EPA overreach against family farms
Not yet verified
Candidate supports defense-contractor accountability, completion of Pentagon audits, and ending revolving-door appointments
Not yet verified
Sources & Evidence
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Official House PageOfficial
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
Congress.gov — Official RecordOfficial
Heritage Action ScorecardRight Advocacy
Official House PageOfficial
Heritage Action ScorecardRight Advocacy
Heritage Action ScorecardRight Advocacy
sbaprolife.org/representative/mario-diaz-balartRight Advocacy
Official House PageOfficial
Official House PageOfficial
Official House PageOfficial
www.trackaipac.com/states/floridaReference
Official House PageOfficial
Bias ratings sourced from AllSides and Ad Fontes Media. Classifications for government, reference, and advocacy domains are maintained by U.S.M.C. Ministries; see source_bias.json.
References & footnotes
Every answer above with a [n] marker corresponds to one of the footnotes below. Wayback-archive links preserve the page as it read at our access date so a reader can verify the citation even if the original URL changes or disappears.
- [1]SBA Pro-Life America rates him consistently pro-life (credits pro-life riders in his FY24/25 approps bills); Yea Born-Alive (2023); Nay WHPA (2021). Right Advocacy
SBA Pro-Life America rates him consistently pro-life (credits pro-life riders in his FY24/25 approps bills); Yea Born-Alive (2023); Nay WHPA (2021).
- [2]SBA Pro-Life America rates him consistently pro-life (credits pro-life riders in his FY24/25 approps bills); Yea Born-Alive (2023); Nay WHPA (2021). Official
SBA Pro-Life America rates him consistently pro-life (credits pro-life riders in his FY24/25 approps bills); Yea Born-Alive (2023); Nay WHPA (2021).
- [3]SBA Pro-Life America rates him consistently pro-life (credits pro-life riders in his FY24/25 approps bills); Yea Born-Alive (2023); Nay WHPA (2021). Official
SBA Pro-Life America rates him consistently pro-life (credits pro-life riders in his FY24/25 approps bills); Yea Born-Alive (2023); Nay WHPA (2021).
- [4]Yea on Respect for Marriage Act initial passage (July 2022); Dec flip to Nay was explicitly on religious-liberty grounds, not a defense of man-woman marriage. Official
Yea on Respect for Marriage Act initial passage (July 2022); Dec flip to Nay was explicitly on religious-liberty grounds, not a defense of man-woman marriage.
- [5]Yea on Respect for Marriage Act initial passage (July 2022); Dec flip to Nay was explicitly on religious-liberty grounds, not a defense of man-woman marriage. Official
Yea on Respect for Marriage Act initial passage (July 2022); Dec flip to Nay was explicitly on religious-liberty grounds, not a defense of man-woman marriage.
- [6]Yea on Respect for Marriage Act initial passage (July 2022); Dec flip to Nay was explicitly on religious-liberty grounds, not a defense of man-woman marriage. Center
Yea on Respect for Marriage Act initial passage (July 2022); Dec flip to Nay was explicitly on religious-liberty grounds, not a defense of man-woman marriage.
- [7]Yea on Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (HR 28, Jan 2025). Official
Yea on Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (HR 28, Jan 2025).
- [8]Nay on Equality Act (2021) — opposed extending SOGI mandates across public policy. Official
Nay on Equality Act (2021) — opposed extending SOGI mandates across public policy.
- [9]Aye on Parents Bill of Rights Act (HR 5, 2023), incl. parental notification provisions. Official
Aye on Parents Bill of Rights Act (HR 5, 2023), incl. parental notification provisions.
- [10]Aye on CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act (HR 5403, 2024). Official
Aye on CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act (HR 5403, 2024).
- [11]Aye on SAVE Act twice (HR 8281 2024; HR 22 2025) — proof-of-citizenship registration. Official
Aye on SAVE Act twice (HR 8281 2024; HR 22 2025) — proof-of-citizenship registration.
- [12]Aye on SAVE Act twice (HR 8281 2024; HR 22 2025) — proof-of-citizenship registration. Official
Aye on SAVE Act twice (HR 8281 2024; HR 22 2025) — proof-of-citizenship registration.
- [13]Nay on HR 1 For the People Act (2021) — opposed nationwide mail-in/early-voting expansion. Official
Nay on HR 1 For the People Act (2021) — opposed nationwide mail-in/early-voting expansion.
- [14]Yea on HR 2 Secure the Border Act (2023) — wall construction mandate. Official
Yea on HR 2 Secure the Border Act (2023) — wall construction mandate.
- [15]DEVIATION: Yea on American Dream and Promise Act (2021, 1 of 9 Rs) — pathway to citizenship for those who entered as minors; longtime legalization advocate (DIGNIDAD co-sponsor). Did vote Yea on Laken Riley (2024/2025). Official
DEVIATION: Yea on American Dream and Promise Act (2021, 1 of 9 Rs) — pathway to citizenship for those who entered as minors; longtime legalization advocate (DIGNIDAD co-sponsor). Did vote Yea on Laken Riley (2024/2025).
- [16]DEVIATION: Yea on American Dream and Promise Act (2021, 1 of 9 Rs) — pathway to citizenship for those who entered as minors; longtime legalization advocate (DIGNIDAD co-sponsor). Did vote Yea on Laken Riley (2024/2025). Center
DEVIATION: Yea on American Dream and Promise Act (2021, 1 of 9 Rs) — pathway to citizenship for those who entered as minors; longtime legalization advocate (DIGNIDAD co-sponsor). Did vote Yea on Laken Riley (2024/2025).
- [17]Aye on Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (HR 38, 2017). Official
Aye on Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (HR 38, 2017).
- [18]Nay on 2022 Assault Weapons Ban (HR 1808); Nay on Enhanced Background Checks Act (HR 1446, 2021). Official
Nay on 2022 Assault Weapons Ban (HR 1808); Nay on Enhanced Background Checks Act (HR 1446, 2021).
- [19]Nay on 2022 Assault Weapons Ban (HR 1808); Nay on Enhanced Background Checks Act (HR 1446, 2021). Official
Nay on 2022 Assault Weapons Ban (HR 1808); Nay on Enhanced Background Checks Act (HR 1446, 2021).
- [20]TrackAIPAC red-card; reported well over $500K with AIPAC a top donor. On-file ~$1.03M career figure pending re-verification. Reference
TrackAIPAC red-card; reported well over $500K with AIPAC a top donor. On-file ~$1.03M career figure pending re-verification.
- [21]TrackAIPAC red-card; reported well over $500K with AIPAC a top donor. On-file ~$1.03M career figure pending re-verification.
TrackAIPAC red-card; reported well over $500K with AIPAC a top donor. On-file ~$1.03M career figure pending re-verification.
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