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U.S. House, District 26: who gets your vote?

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U.S. representatives work with the Senate on U.S. laws and spending.

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Candidate
Nicole Locklin

Nicole Locklin

Running for U.S. House · Florida District 26

NationalDemocrat

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Mario Diaz-Balart

Mario Diaz-Balart

U.S. House · Florida District 26

NationalRepublican

Nicole LocklinCandidateMario Diaz-BalartCurrent rep

Job fit

We haven't found background facts for either candidate yet.

Top issues

Ranked by what Americans say matters most (Pew, 2026)

Nicole Locklin

  • Health care costs
    Nicole supports the fastest responsible path to guaranteed care for every American: Medicare for All, a strong public option, Medicare buy-in, or any model that gets us to universal coverage. 1
  • Cost of living & jobs
    Invest in job creation and workforce development, not bloated enforcement budgets, and redirect federal spending toward public education. 2
  • Immigration
    Calls to abolish ICE; says enforcement must be targeted toward genuine public safety and due process must be protected, never bypassed, opposing broad sweeps and inhumane detention. 3

No public stance found on: Guns, Crime & safety

Mario Diaz-Balart

No stated positions on file yet.

How they voted on top issues

Nicole Locklin

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Mario Diaz-Balart

  • Clean water and pipes that work → Federal money for water and stricter standards (8 of 8 votes) 4
  • A home you can afford → Government helping with housing costs (6 of 6 votes) 4
  • Elections that are easy to vote in and hard to cheat → Tighter voting rules (4 of 4 votes) 4

Who pays them

Nicole Locklin

Where the campaign money came from5

small donorslarge donors
small donors$72Klarge donors$24K$98K raised
$72,3965Small individual donors
$24,3675Large individual donors

Mario Diaz-Balart

Where the campaign money came from6

small donorslarge donorscompaniesindustry associationsother politiciansOther kinds of donors
small donors$3Klarge donors$1.2Mcompanies$462Kindustryassociations$100Kotherpoliticians$69KOther kinds ofdonors$139K$2.1M raised
$2,6226Small individual donors
$1,203,7116Large individual donors

Checks

Nicole Locklin

No voting record to check yet

Mario Diaz-Balart

Checks run: missed votes

Nothing raised by these checks.

Not checked yet: stock trades

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. locklinforcongress.com used in: Top issues
  2. locklinforcongress.com used in: Top issues
  3. locklinforcongress.com used in: Top issues
  4. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  5. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  6. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
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Candidate A

Deborah Ann Meidinger Hosey

No Party Affiliation

No verified background on file for this candidate.

No federal record yet. Campaign money: $424 raised, large-donor share unavailable, organized-interest share unavailable.

Sources

1 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

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Nicole Locklin
Candidate B

Nicole Locklin

DemocratShown above

No verified background on file for this candidate.

No federal record yet. Campaign money: $98K raised, 25% from large donors, organized-interest share unavailable.

Says they are for: government paying more of the bill, government spending and worker protections, more legal ways in, and protection for people already here.

Sources

1 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

2 government paying more of the bill: Candidate statement

3 government spending and worker protections: Candidate statement

4 more legal ways in, and protection for people already here: Candidate statement

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Mario Diaz-Balart
Candidate C

Mario Diaz-Balart

RepublicanShown above

No verified background on file for this candidate.

🚩 $2.1M raised, 58% from large donors, 41% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $845,150.00 (41% of $2,085,593.04 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $770,034.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Their votes pushed for: more oil, gas and coal, fewer climate rules, a tighter border and stricter enforcement, lower taxes and fewer rules on business.

Sources

1 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

2 Roll calls: Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04

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