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October 10, 2008 Bush Cuba policy up for test at polls
Mario and Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, oppose easing the restrictions. They note there is Democratic support for their stance, including New ...
October 10, 2008 Obama campaign in the Cuban-American community: If at first you don't succeed...
...slated to headline a fundraiser for three Cuban-American Republicans in Congress -- U.S. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Mario Diaz Balart -- and to meet privately with Cuban-American leaders. The outcome of the congressional races an
Source: Miami Herald
October 10, 2008 Independent groups spend big for election
...Patriot Majority, a group bankrolled by labor unions, spent $550,000 Wednesday on a TV ad attacking Florida Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart. That's three times what the GOP congressman spent on his race from April 1 to June 30. • America's Agenda: Health Car
Source: The Tennessean
October 09, 2008 Independent groups up spending
Patriot Majority, a group bankrolled by labor unions, spent $550000 Wednesday on a TV ad attacking Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-Fla. ...
October 09, 2008 The Three Amigos vs. the Dynamic Duo
The three amigos -- Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Mario Diaz Balart, and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen -- have been in Congress for years, yet we have little to show for it. ...
October 09, 2008 Lincoln Diaz-Balart Denounced by Senator
Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart has obtained millions of dollars of Federal funds to benefit a small group of defense contractors from Miami Dade, ...
October 09, 2008 "Suitcase Full of Cash" Smuggled to Florida Congressman, Crow Flies at Midnight
...Martinez and state Democrats at a Miami press conference today looked to tie [Republican Florida Congressperson] Lincoln Diaz-Balart to Puerto Rican senator Jorge de Castro Font, who was arrested by the FBI. Dems charge that de Castro Font has "implicat
Source: Indecision 2008
October 09, 2008 Lincoln Diaz-Balart: Martinez would return S. Florida's lawless 'Casablanca' image
...Incumbent Republican Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart warned Wednesday that electing his opponent -- former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez -- would return South Florida to an era when the community was viewed as a lawless ``Casablanca.'' But Martinez shot back tha
Source: Miami Herald
October 09, 2008 Lincoln Diaz-Balart denies link to Puerto Rican money scandal
...Florida Democrats on Wednesday sought to link South Florida Republican Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart to a video on a Puerto Rican TV website in which an indicted Puerto Rican senator claims he and another island politician carried an unspecified amount of mo
Source: Miami Herald
October 08, 2008 Fireworks forecast for forum
Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Mario Diaz-Balart, with large numbers of undecided voters. Neither the brothers nor incumbent Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen polled above ...
October 08, 2008 Democratic officials allege Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart implicated in ...
By Mike Clary | South Florida Sun-Sentinel MIAMI - The temperature in the heated race between US Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and challenger Raul Martinez rose ...
October 08, 2008 S. Fla. Congressional Candidates Face Off In Forum
...lying in his ads, lying about my record." Martinez was referring to ads being aired by his Republican opponent, Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, that call into question Martinezs honesty and integrity. Martinez, the former eight-term mayor of Hialeah, was char
Source: Local10 Miami
October 08, 2008 Kendall Federation of Homeowner Associations lets candidates have their say
...of the six candidates running for the three Congressional seats up for grabs attended. Congressional District 21 Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Miami) and former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez (D-Miami) were first to speak. Martinez said one of the main re
Source: Miami Herald
October 08, 2008 Democratic officials allege Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart implicated in bribery scandal
...- The temperature in the heated race between U.S. Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and challenger Raul Martinez rose considerably Wednesday when Democratic Party officials alleged that the incumbent Republican from Miami has been implicated in a Puerto Rican br
Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
October 07, 2008 Fireworks at congressional candidate forum in Miami-Dade
...expected Republican Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and his challenger, former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez, to provide the fireworks Monday night at the Kendall Federation of Homeowner Associations candidate forum. But while Martinez and Lincoln Diaz-Balart we
Source: Miami Herald
October 07, 2008 Local congressional races are close
According to the poll, Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart leads Martinez 48 to 43 percent, with 9 percent of those questioned undecided. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart leads ...
October 07, 2008 Polls, polls, polls! (Hope for the Dems in South Florida?)
...Democratic challenger, Joe Garcia, 43 to 41 percent, with 16 percent undecided. (Numbers for the marquee race featuring Lincoln Diaz-Balart v Raul Martinez are due up later tonight... stay tuned) Mario Diaz-Balart leads Garcia among Cubans 59 percent t
Source: Miami Herald
October 06, 2008 Florida congressman earmarked funds for campaign donor
By Dan Christensen | Miami Herald Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart has procured millions in federal funding to benefit a small Miami-Dade defense-contracting ...
October 06, 2008 Miami-Dade contractors employed Capitol Hill lobbyist
...Medley defense contractors who won millions in federal earmarks through Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart employed a Capitol Hill lobbyist who pleaded guilty recently in an unfolding congressional corruption probe. There is no indication that Miami-Dade's Mark T
Source: Sunlight Foundation
October 06, 2008 Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart's earmarks raise eyebrows
...co-sponsored and Locust will split that money with another private company from Michigan. This is not the first time Lincoln Diaz-Balart's Congressional actions have benefited a campaign donor. In June, The Miami Herald reported that the Diaz-Balart bro
Source: Sunlight Foundation
October 05, 2008 Economics may decide matchup in heavily Hispanic District 21
By Mike Clary | South Florida Sun-Sentinel The contest between incumbent US Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez has drawn ...
October 05, 2008 Miami-Dade contractors employed Capitol Hill lobbyist
...Medley defense contractors who won millions in federal earmarks through Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart employed a Capitol Hill lobbyist who pleaded guilty recently in an unfolding congressional corruption probe. There is no indication that Miami-Dade's Mark T
Source: Miami Herald
October 05, 2008 Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart's earmarks raise eyebrows
...co-sponsored and Locust will split that money with another private company from Michigan. This is not the first time Lincoln Diaz-Balart's Congressional actions have benefited a campaign donor. In June, The Miami Herald reported that the Diaz-Balart bro
Source: Miami Herald
October 04, 2008 U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen switches vote to pass 'bailout bill'
Lincoln Diaz-Balart took the opposite view. "I could not support a massive bailout for Wall Street firms that does too little to help homeowners stay in ...
October 03, 2008 Miami lawmaker reverses opinion, votes for bailout bill
Rep.'s Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Mario Diaz-Balart, both Republicans, maintained their opposition to the bill on Friday. Mario Diaz-Balart said the revised ...
October 03, 2008 House reverses, passes bailout bill handily
Still, nearly 40 percent of the House opposed the bill, including Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., who had co-sponsored separate legislation that he said ...
October 03, 2008 Miami lawmaker reverses opinion, votes for bailout bill
...if our action to this crisis is inaction, they would disproportionally bear the brunt of this financial meltdown.'' Rep.'s Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Mario Diaz-Balart, both Republicans, maintained their opposition to the bill on Friday. Mario Diaz-Balart
Source: Miami Herald
October 03, 2008 Leaders Seeking More Cash in DCCC Coffers
...a new round of race rating changes made by the Cook Political Report, including moving Republican Reps. Phil English (Pa.), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (Fla.) and Joe Knollenberg (Mich.) to tossup an indication that they are just as likely to lose as they are t
October 02, 2008 Leaders Seeking More Cash in DCCC Coffers
Lincoln Diaz-Balart (Fla.) and Joe Knollenberg (Mich.) to tossup â an indication that they are just as likely to lose as they are to win. ...
October 02, 2008 The "vulnerable" Cuban Americans
...assertion." But he notes that although "public and private polling now confirms that brothers Mario Diaz-Balart (R) and Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R) are in very competitive races, (against Joe Garcia and Raul Martinez).. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) still lo
Source: Miami Herald
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