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Florida House District 26 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them

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Mario Díaz-Balart (Republican), Nicole Locklin (Democrat) and Deborah Ann Meidinger Hosey (NPA) are the nominees for Florida's 26th congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. Mario Díaz-Balart is the incumbent. By their latest FEC reports, Mario Díaz-Balart's campaign had raised $2.8 million (through October 14, 2026), Nicole Locklin's campaign $600,000 (through October 14, 2026) and Deborah Ann Meidinger Hosey's campaign $11,000 (through September 30, 2026). Outside groups have reported $56,000 for Nicole Locklin and $0 against.

Mario Díaz-Balart (REP, incumbent), Nicole Locklin (DEM), Deborah Ann Meidinger Hosey (NPA). 1 other filed with the FEC; any ads they ran are below. 0 ads analyzed, 0 with at least one technique in the copy. Newest first. The paid-for-by line is the advertiser's own filing.

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Money in this race

From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.

Mario Díaz-Balart (REP, incumbent)

Raised: $2.8M through 2026-10-14 individuals $1.6M · PACs $1.2M · from the candidate's other committees $5,943 · cash on hand $1.7M
Outside spending: none reported

Bundled through PACs: $509K through 1 PAC · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01 AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE — $509K from 358 gifts Lobbyist/registrant PAC

212 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election

150PAC.ORG $5,000
31 DAYS PAC $10K
AAR CORP. PAC $10K
ABBOTT LABORATORIES EMPLOYEE PAC $2,500
ACCELINT HOLDINGS, LLC PAC $3,500
AEROVIRONMENT, INC PAC $5,000
AEVEX HOLDING LLC PAC (AEVEX PAC) $1,000
AGC PAC $5,000
AGSH&F CIVIC ACTION COMMITTEE $1,500
AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
AIR SPACE INTELLIGENCE, INC. PAC (ASI PAC) $2,500
AIRBUS AMERICAS, INC. PAC $10K
AIRLINES FOR AMERICA PAC (A4A PAC) $2,500
ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC $7,500
ALTRIA GROUP INC. PAC $5,500
AMAZON PAC $5,000
AMENTUM PAC $2,000
AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. $5,000
AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE PAC - OKLAHOMA $5,500
AMERICA'S MOUNTAIN PAC $2,500
AMERICAN AIRLINES PAC $2,500
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC $7,000
AMERICAN CEMENT ASSOCIATION (CEMENT PAC) $2,500
AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL PAC $2,500
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC PAC) $2,500
AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION INC. PAC $1,000
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS (AICPA PAC) $5,000
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC $5,000
AMERICAN REVIVAL PAC $5,000
AMO VOLUNTARY PAC $5,000
ANDURIL INDUSTRIES, INC. PAC (ANDURIL PAC) $4,000
AOPA AIRCRAFT OWNERS AND PILOTS ASSC. PAC $2,500
ASCO ASSOCIATION PAC (ASCO ASSOCIATION PAC) $2,000
AT&T INC. FEDERAL PAC $2,500
ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS INC. PAC $4,500
BACARDI USA INC PAC $3,250
BAE SYSTEMS USA PAC $10K
BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ PC PAC $2,000
BHFS-E, PC PAC (BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK PAC) $5,500
BLANK ROME LLP PAC $5,000
BLUE ORIGIN LLC PAC (BLUE ORIGIN PAC) $5,000
BOEING POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC. PAC (BOOZ ALLEN PAC) $3,500
BURGER KING FRANCHISEE PAC $1,500
BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC PAC $2,000
CACI INTERNATIONAL INC PAC ('CACI PAC') $1,000
CATERPILLAR INC. PAC (CATPAC) $2,500
CGI TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS INC. PAC $2,500
CHEVRON EMPLOYEES PAC - CHEVRON CORPORATION $5,000
CITIZENS FOR CANCER AWARENESS FEDERAL PAC $3,500
COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL PAC $2,500
COMPLETE PARACHUTE SOLUTIONS INC PAC CPS PAC $1,000
CONSERVATIVE OPPORTUNITY LEADERSHIP & ENTERPRISE PAC (COLEPAC) $6,000
COVINGTON AND BURLING LLP PAC $1,000
COZEN O'CONNOR PAC $1,000
CROSSPARTISAN PAC II $2,000
CSX CORP. GOOD GOV'T FUND-FEDERAL $4,500
CUBIC CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' PAC $5,000
CUMMINS INC. PAC $1,000
CURA STRATEGIES PAC $2,500
DELOITTE FEDERAL PAC $5,000
DENTONS US LLP $3,500
DIRECT SUPPLY, INC. PARTNERS PAC (DSI PARTNERS PAC) $2,500
DRUMMOND COMPANY, INC. PAC (DPAC) $9,500
DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION PAC $3,500
ELBIT SYSTEMS OF AMERICA LLC PAC $1,000
EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP PAC $10K
EMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION PAC $8,000
EUREKA PAC $10K
EYE OF THE TIGER PAC $5,000
FLORIDA CITRUS MUTUAL PAC $2,500
FLORIDA FRUIT & VEGETABLE ASSOCIATION- PAC $2,000
FLORIDA TRANSPORTATION BUILDER'S ASSOC. $3,000
FLUOR CORPORATION PAC $5,000
FREEDOM 21: FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM IN THE 21ST CENTURY $5,000
FRELINGHUYSEN FOR CONGRESS $2,000
FRIENDS FOR CHRIS STEWART, INC. $3,500
FRIENDS OF DAVE JOYCE $2,000
FUSE INTEGRATION MISSION FIRST PAC $1,000
GE VERNOVA INC. PAC $1,000
GENERAL ATOMICS PAC $10K
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION PAC $10K
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY AEROSPACE EMPLOYEE PAC (GE AEROSPACE PAC) $8,000
GILEAD SCIENCES INC HEALTHCARE POLICY PAC $1,000
GUIDEWELL MUTUAL HOLDING CORPORATION PAC (GUIDEWELL PAC) $2,500
HELP ELECT REPUBLICANS NOW $2,500
HERMEUS CORPORATION PAC $3,500
HERZOG CONTRACTING CORP. PAC $5,000
HISPANIC LEADERSHIP TRUST $10K
HNTB HOLDINGS LTD. PAC $5,000
HOLLAND & KNIGHT CCE $2,500
HOLLAND AMERICA LINE PAC $10K
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL PAC $10K
HOTEL PAC $2,500
HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES INC. PAC $8,500
IEC CORPORATION PAC $1,000
IMMIGRANT INVESTORS ASSOCIATION, INC./INVEST IN THE USA PAC (IIUSA PAC) $2,500
INTERNATIONAL ASSOC. OF FIRE FIGHTERS $1,000
INVESTMENT COMPANY INSTITUTE PAC (ICI PAC) $2,500
IUOE/EPEC INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS $10K
JAM PAC $1,500
JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION CREWMEMBER GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND $1,000
K&L GATES LLP PAC $1,000
KING & SPALDING NONPARTISAN COMMITTEE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT $5,000
KOCHPAC $2,000
KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC. PAC (KRATOS PAC) $4,000
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PAC $10K
LEIDOS INC. PAC $3,500
LEONARDO DRS PAC $10K
LET'S ALL KEEP ELECTING REPUBLICANS PAC $1,500
LOCKE LORD LLP PAC $2,500
LOCKHEED MARTIN EPAC $10K
LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC. PAC $2,500
MERCURY SYSTEMS INC. EMPLOYEES' PAC (MRCYPAC) $5,000
MORPAC $2,500
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. PAC $10K
MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PAC $10K
MVL PAC $5,000
NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS PAC $10K
NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOC. PAC $5,000
NATIONAL CONCRETE MASONRY ASSOCIATION PAC $2,000
NATIONAL CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP FUND (NCLF-PAC) $1,000
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
NATIONAL ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS PAC/ INTN'L UNION OF ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS (NEC PAC) $1,000
NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION AND MARINE RETAILERS ASSOCIATION BOAT PAC $5,000
NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL (NMHC PAC) $2,500
NATIONAL TANK TRUCK CARRIERS INC PAC $5,000
NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, LLP FEDERAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE $1,000
NEOLOGY INC EMPLOYEE PAC (NEOPAC) $1,000
NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. PAC $4,500
NIRON MAGNETICS PAC $2,500
NJASAP PAC $8,500
NSSF PAC $2,500
NSSGA ROCKPAC $6,500
OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE INC PAC (OLD DOMINION PAC) $2,500
ON WISCONSIN PAC, INC. $1,000
OSHKOSH CORPORATION EMPLOYEES PAC (OCEPAC) $1,000
OSI SYSTEMS INC PAC OSI PAC $10K
OUTDOOR AMUSEMENT BUSINESS ASSOC., INC. PAC $2,000
PARKER -HANNIFIN CORPORATION PAC $3,500
PARSONS CORPORATION PAC $8,500
PASS PAC $1,000
PERATON CORP. PAC (A.K.A. 'PERATON PAC') $7,000
POINT BLANK ENTERPRISES INC PAC $3,500
RAPTOR PAC $2,500
RAZOR PAC $5,000
REALTORS PAC $5,000
RED SIX AEROSPACE INC. PAC $5,000
REDWINGMCPAC $2,500
REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION PAC $1,000
RELATIVITY SPACE PAC (RELATIVITY PAC) $2,500
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION PAC $1,000
REPUBLICANS UNITED TO DEFEND YOU PAC $1,000
RESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS US INC PAC $1,000
REWORLD WASTE, LLC PAC (REWORLD WASTE PAC) $2,500
REYNOLDS AMERICAN PAC $1,000
ROAD TO FREEDOM CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE $2,500
ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS INC. PAC (ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICA PAC) $1,000
RUDY FOR INDIANA $4,000
S. C. JOHNSON & SON, INC PAC $1,000
SAAB, INC. EMPLOYEES PAC (SAAB PAC) $1,250
SAILDRONE INC. PAC (SAILPAC) $5,000
SALTCHUK RESOURCES, INC. PAC $5,000
SCALISE FOR CONGRESS $2,000
SEABOARD CORPORATION PAC $5,000
SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PAC $5,000
SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATION PAC $4,000
SMAC PAC $2,500
SMART TD PAC $2,500
SMUCKER FOR CONGRESS $4,000
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS PAC $2,500
SOUTHEAST COTTON COMMITTEE (SECC) SOUTHERN COTTONGROWERS INC/SE COTTON GINNERS ASSN $2,500
SOUTHERN GLAZER'S WINE AND SPIRITS PAC $5,000
SOUTHERN STATES PAC $2,000
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO PAC (SWAPAC) $4,500
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES PILOTS' ASSOCIATION $2,500
SPACE COAST LEADERSHIP PAC $5,000
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC $10K
SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS PAC (SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS PAC) $1,000
SUN PAC (SUNPAC) $1,000
SWEDISH MATCH NORTH AMERICA LLC PAC $2,500
TELEVISAUNIVISION, INC. EMPLOYEE PAC $2,500
TEXANS FOR JODEY ARRINGTON $2,000
TEXANS FOR RONNY JACKSON $2,000
TEXAS PRODUCE ASSOCIATION (TPA PAC) $1,500
TEXAS RED $3,000
TEXTRON INC. PAC $10K
THE CHICKASAW NATION $5,000
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND (GOODYEAR GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND) $2,500
THE MOSAIC COMPANY PAC (MOSAICPAC) $2,500
THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. PAC $2,500
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC PAC (TOYOTA/LEXUS PAC) $1,000
TRUCK PAC $1,000
TUESDAY GROUP PAC $8,000
UBS AMERICAS INC. PAC (UBS PAC) $5,000
ULTRA ELECTRONICS INC PAC $4,400
UNION PACIFIC CORP. FUND FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT $10K
UNITED STATES SUGAR CORP. PAC $10K
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED PAC (UNITEDHEALTH GROUP PAC) $1,000
UPSPAC $5,000
URSA MAJOR TECHNOLOGIES INC PAC (URSA MAJOR PAC) $1,000
V2X, INC. PAC $750
VANTOR PARENT INC. PAC (VANTOR PAC) $1,000
VENABLE PAC (VEN-PAC) $1,500
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. GOOD GOVERNMENT CLUB (VERIZON PAC) $3,000
VERN BUCHANAN FOR CONGRESS $4,000
VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY PAC $5,000
WAL PAC $5,500
WALDEN FOR CONGRESS $1,000
WINE & SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA PAC $7,500
WOOLPERT INC. PAC $1,000

All filings at the FEC ↗

Nicole Locklin (DEM)

Raised: $600K through 2026-10-14 individuals $348K · PACs $0 · candidate's own money, incl. loans $251K · from the candidate's other committees $1,001 · cash on hand $110K
Outside spending: $56K supporting Locklin · latest reported 2026-10-05
Largest outside spenders: AB PAC — $56K supporting Locklin Largest donors: AB FOUNDATION $13.0M (30%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); DEMOCRACY MATTERS $5.6M (13%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); Deborah Simon $5.0M (11%), Retired; DEMOCRACY PAC $4.0M (9%); Lynn S Stern $1.0M (2%), Self Employed, Photographer

Bundled through PACs: none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01

All filings at the FEC ↗

Deborah Ann Meidinger Hosey (NPA)

Raised: $11K through 2026-09-30 individuals $872 · PACs $0 · candidate's own money, incl. loans $9,908 · cash on hand $2,375
Outside spending: none reported

Bundled through PACs: none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01

All filings at the FEC ↗

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