THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Diaz-Balart's fundraising is roughly balanced between PAC and committee contributions (46%) and individual donors (54%), with an additional $374K in party and leadership money. His industry-tied donor base concentrates in Defense & Aerospace (17%), Lawyers & Lobbyists (13%), Securities & Investment (9%), Real Estate (8%), and Transportation (7%), with individual employed donors similarly weighted toward legal, financial services, and real estate sectors. He has 337 recorded votes and no stock trade disclosures on file.
Raised · all cycles$6.0M▲ 28% in ’24 vs ’22#78 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share17%Defense & Aerospace
Donor-sector votes13on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Diaz-Balart (ribbon width = dollars) · right: their votes on bills classified as favoring vs limiting those sectors
“Favors / limits” is an AI classification of each bill's likely effect on the sector — a factual reading of the bill, not a claim about motive. Correlation, not causation. The named bills are in DOES THE MONEY MATCH THE VOTES? below.
DOES THE MONEY MATCH THE VOTES?
How Diaz-Balart voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 13 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Diaz-Balart's total from that donor sector — shown on each related vote, not a per-vote amount. Correlation between funding and votes, not causation; many factors shape any single vote.
TOP SOURCES
1$858K
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC CONDUIT
PAC
2$115K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONDUIT
PAC
3$86K
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
4$36K
INNOVATIVE FEDERAL STRATEGIES, LLC
employees
5$30K
THE BOEING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Sector-Aligned Voting89%
Mario Diaz-Balart (R) voted YEA on 7 of 7 bills classified as favoring their donor sectors — #9 rate in the House
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart voted yes on 7 of 7 bills (100%) classified as favoring Defense & Aerospace and Securities & Investment sectors among his top donors, ranking #9 highest among House members tracked. He voted yes on HR2670-118, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, classified as favoring Defense & Aerospace, and voted yes on 1 of 1 bills classified as limiting those sectors.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap75%
Mario Diaz-Balart (R) voted YEA hr8289-118; Defense & Aerospace is their largest tracked donor sector (16%) with 23115 active lobbying filin
This bill temporarily extends Federal Aviation Administration programs through May 17, 2024, including unmanned aircraft systems pilots and airport improvement grants affecting the Defense & Aerospace industry. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) voted YEA on hr8289-118. Defense & Aerospace ranks among his top donor industries at 16.2% of identifiable contributions ($0.92M), and companies in this sector filed 23,115 lobbying reports since 2022 on related issues.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap75%
Mario Diaz-Balart (R) voted YEA hr6503-118; Defense & Aerospace is their largest tracked donor sector (18%) with 23068 active lobbying filin
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart voted YEA on hr6503-118, which temporarily extends Federal Aviation Administration programs including unmanned aircraft systems pilot programs and airport improvement grants through March 2024. Diaz-Balart voted in support of this bill. Defense & Aerospace companies provided 18.2% of his identifiable campaign funding ($1.73M, ranking 13th among his party), and firms in this industry filed 23,068 lobbying reports since 2022 related to this legislation.
COMMITTEES
Appropriations · Vice Chair
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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