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2026 Florida House race, District 26

Mario Díaz-Balart (Republican), Nicole Locklin (Democrat) and Deborah Meidinger Hosey are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Florida District 26, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the Florida Division of Elections.

The November ballot

Díaz-Balart
$2.1M
Locklin
$348K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

Also in this race: Deborah Meidinger Hosey.

Official candidate list: Florida Division of Elections. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.

The seat

Mario Díaz-Balart

Republican · Holds the seat now

First took office 2003 · Age 65

1
Trades disclosed
$75K
Estimated volume
Has not cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in Florida

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026 

Register 29 days before the election.

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The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$2.5M
Outside money
$56K

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Díaz-Balart-
Opposing Díaz-Balart-
Supporting Locklin$56K
Opposing Locklin-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. No outside money is on file for or against the other name on this ballot.

Where each candidate's money comes from

<1%$2.6KSmall donors$72K21%
58%$1.2MLarge donors$24K7%
41%$845KPACs--
--Self-funding$251K72%
<1%$9.3KOther--

Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The largest group spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

1 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

How this seat voted last time

R+42 in 2024

  • Mario Díaz-Balart Won: 70.9%
  • Joey Atkins: 29.1%

306,271 votes for candidates. The district's lines have changed since this result. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

The district

Census context
People
804K
Median household income
$72K
Unemployment
4.2%
Living below the poverty line
14.0%
Without health insurance
13.9%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate. These figures describe the district as drawn before its lines changed for 2026; estimates for the new lines are not yet published.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between June 30, 2026 and July 29, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.