Mario Diaz Balart

The Electoral Connection  Putting Mayhew's Theory To Work David Mayhew's whole argument is that members of congress always have re-election in the back of their mind. As he states, it is the proximate goal. Mario Diaz Balart is a career politician. As mentioned in the previous blogs, he has been working around local government ever since he graduated University of Southern Florida and has been in the U.S House of Representatives since 2002. He has not shown any intention of running for a higher office as he is one of the more senior figures in the House and seems quite comfortable there. Advertising : As mentioned earlier, Balart has been in office since 2002. Even though he is a hot shot in Washington D.C, he has not forgotten about his constituency back home in Southern Florida. Representative Balart is not one to crave media attention. Especially with today's media attention on the President, Representative Balart has been able to slide under it when it comes

Balart and The Election Last Election: Representative Balart was last elected in the most recent 2018 midterms. Due to the district being majority republican, it was not hard campaign for Rep. Balart. His opponent was Mary Barzee Flores, a democrat and former judge. Representative Balart won the election for the 25th district with 60.7% of the votes. Balart won with 126,826 votes compared to the 82,281 votes his Democratic challenger received (Naples Daily News, 2018). As one could imagine, he was quite happy to remain a Congressman. After the results, he stated "It's a huge honor and it's humbling...But tomorrow I'm going to start working again because I don't just show up during election session; I work to earn the trust and support of people of District 25 every single day (Naples Daily News, 2018)".  Current Prediction:   There is no doubt that Representative Balart will run for congress again when the time comes in 2020. He has been in Congress

Florida's 25th Congressional District  The 25th congressional district is one of the more populated districts in Florida. It is located in the Southern part of the state. The district spans from the suburbs of West Miami to the Northern Everglades and Eastern Naples area. District Breakdown: (House.gov) -Major Cities: Western area of Miami and Eastern area of Naples -Population: 780,826 (2017) -Males: 382,632 -Females:  398,194 -Median Age: 42.7 -Party Majority: Republican Geographical Breakdown: (United States Census Bureau) -94.4% Urban -5.6% Rural/Country Racial Breakdown: ( United States Census Bureau )   -Total: 780,826 -White: 705,942 -Black/African American: 35,161 -Asian: 11,691 -American Indian: 1,618 -Other: 16,731 Ethnically, 70.4% are of Hispanic background (Ballotpedia) Educational Attainment: ( United States Census Bureau) -Sample: Population over 25 -Below 9th grade: 11.8% -High School Dropout: 8.7% -High Sc

Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida's 25th District  Biographical Information  Born: September 25, 1961 Current Age: 57 Son of Rafael and Hilda-Diaz Balart Race: Hispanic American Religion: Roman Catholic Residence: Miami, Florida Education: University of South Florida- BA in Political Science Party: Republican Career After graduating with a degree in political science from the University of South Florida, Representative Balart began his career in public service as an aide to then the mayor or Miami, Xavier Suarez. Prior to working to 1985, Representative Balart was a Democrat but switched to a Republican when he started working as an aide for the mayor. Following his time in the mayors office, he moved on to run for Florida's House of Representatives in 1988 for District 112, an election he won. He stayed in the state's House of Representatives for four years before running for Florida's State Senate in District 37. He was elected in 199