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Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Hamilton Campaigns (10/8-9, likely voters, 7/7-13 in parens): Joe Garcia (D) : 42 (33) Mario Diaz-Balart (R-inc) : 45 (55) Undecided : 13 (13) (MoE: ?4.4%) That's some big movement for Joe Garcia, and right in line with two other recent polls of this race. Carlos McDonald had Diaz-Balart up by 43-41, while Research 2000 pegged the race at 45-41 for Diaz-Balart. There's one big difference between this...
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Eye On Miami (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
It was reported today in the Miami Herald that organizers of George Bush's fundraiser in Miami could not even produce one of the 3 South Florida Congressional Candidates that Bush was there to raise money for! Pretty Ironic. Republican "Reps. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Mario Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen all cited prior commitments." Loser with a big "L".
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Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
President Bush isn't the only GOP bigwig in town today to raise money for Republican candidates. House GOP leader John Boehner stops by to host a fundraiser for Reps. Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart. A little further up the coast, National...
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Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Mario Diaz-Balart won't be joining President Bush at a Coral Gables fundraiser tomorrow, but that's not stopping his Democratic challenger from seeking to tie the Republican to the increasingly unpopular president. Joe Garcia's campaign is launching a website, it says,...
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Mambi Watch (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
This week Telemundo 51, one of South Florida's Spanish-language news stations, released interesting polling results about the anticipated Congressional races involving Rep. Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart, and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. According to the results, the road to November will be very suspensful. DISTRICT 18 Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen at first glace seems to have a very comfortable lead (48%...
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Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Taking the stage after his challenger assailed his knowledge of the financial markets among other subjects, Mario Diaz-Balart says he's taking the high road. That came after challenger Joe Garcia suggested Diaz-Balart's "ignorance of how Wall Street works and the...
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Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
CQ Politics is changing its rating on Mario Diaz-Balart's re-election challenge from Republican favored to Republican leaning, noting that Democratic challenger Joe Garcia's campaign "continues to show signs of strength." CQ notes that some recent polls show Diaz-Balart leading, but...
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Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
With polls suggesting several close congressional races in Florida -- including challenges to Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart -- President Bush heads to Florida Friday to raise money for the GOP. The White House says Bush -- who has low popularity...
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Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
One South Florida, a 527 political organization taking aim at Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart, has launched a new website -- www.diazbalart-truth.org that takes on the Republican incumbents. The group says it hopes to serve as an "independent source of information"...
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Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Polls done for Telemundo 51 suggest increasingly competitive situations for the Democrats looking to oust Miami's three Republican members of Congress. The poll shows Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart with a narrow lead over Democratic challenger, Joe Garcia, 43 to 41 percent,...
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Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Carlos McDonald/Telemundo51 (9/27-10/1, likely voters): Joe Garcia (D) : 41 Mario Diaz-Balart (R-inc) : 43 Undecided : 16 (MoE: ?5.7%) Both Garcia and Diaz-Balart are scoring roughly an equal amount of support from their own parties (81% of Dems are for Garcia, and 82% of Republicans side with Diaz-Balart), but Independents are breaking for the Democrat by a 44-38 margin. While the margin of error...
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Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Lincoln Diaz-Balart has procured millions in federal funding to benefit a small Miami-Dade defense-contracting group that has donated tens of thousands of dollars to his political campaign and that of his brother, Mario Diaz-Balart. Medley contractors Locust USA and Mark...
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Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Republican Reps. Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart said round two of the bailout package, which Congress approved Monday, still did not do enough to switch their votes. Lincoln Diaz-Balart said insurance to guarantee troubled asseets held by financial institutions should have...
